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ISRAELITES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
Synonyms:
Hebrews; Israelites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Israelites" is a kind of...):
ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)
chosen people (any people believing themselves to be chosen by God)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
