He″brew (?), n. [F. Hébreu, L. Hebraeus, Gr. �, fr. Heb. 'ibhrī.] 1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. Gen. xiv. 13.
2. The language of the Hebrews; — one of the Semitic family of languages.