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ISRAELITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Israelite" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Israelite"):
Ashkenazi (a Jew of eastern European or German descent)
Conservative Jew (Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances)
Essene (a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus)
Jewess (a woman who is a Jew)
hymie; kike; sheeny; yid ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew)
Levite (a member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (especially the branch that provided male assistants to the temple priests))
Orthodox Jew (Jew who practices strict observance of Mosaic law)
Pharisee (a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions)
Reform Jew (liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances)
Sadducee (a member of an ancient Jewish sect around the time of Jesus; opposed to the Pharisees)
Sephardi; Sephardic Jew (a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent)
Wandering Jew (a legendary Jew condemned to roam the world for mocking Jesus at the Crucifixion)
Zealot (a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first century who fought to the death against the Romans and who killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans)
Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)
Instance hyponyms:
Christ; Deliverer; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth; Redeemer; Savior; Saviour; the Nazarene (a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29))
Lot ((Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction)
Holonyms ("Israelite" is a member of...):
Jewry (Jews collectively)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Israelite" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Israelite"):
Samaritan (a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times)
Holonyms ("Israelite" is a member of...):
Israel (an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC)
