Hebraize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- Hebraization noun
- Hebraizer noun
Etymology
Origin of Hebraize
1635–45; < Late Greek Hebraízein to speak Hebrew, behave like a Jew. See Hebrew, -ize
Example Sentences
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Puritans tried to Hebraize their Christian quest for personal salvation in Christ by grounding it in covenanted communities of law and collective discipline.
From Salon
Eventually, David Ben-Gurion persuaded her to Hebraize her name to Meir, which means "illumination."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Greek, on the other hand, who had not yet comprehended the majesty of his neighbor's monotheism, for lack of adequate presentation, did not Hebraize.
From Project Gutenberg
It was either composed by a man who tried to Hebraize the Greek, or, if a translator, by one who tried to Greecise the Hebraisms of his original—not to disguise or hide them—but only so as to prevent them from repelling or misleading the Greek reader.
From Project Gutenberg
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