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Israelite, n. and a.|ˈɪzreɪəlaɪt|
[ad. L. Isrāēlīta, ad. Gr. Ἰσραηλίτης; in Heb. yisrĕēlī; see prec. and -ite.]
A. n.
1. One of the people of Israel; one of the Hebrew people; a Jew.
1382Wyclif 2 Cor. xi. 22 Thei ben Ysraelitis, and I. 1535Coverdale ibid., They are Israelites, euen so am I. 1611Bible John i. 47 Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile. 1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 704 Tears started to the Israelite's eyes. 1865tr. Renan's Life Jesus 7 The assistance..given me for this part of my task by a learned Israelite, M. Neubauer, well versed in Talmudic literature.
2. fig. One of God's chosen people; a member of the spiritual Israel.
1382Wyclif Rom. ix. 6 Sothli not alle that ben of Israel, thes ben Israelitis. 1555Eden Decades To Rdr. 56 Howe muche more then ought the spirituall Israelites to vse all possible meanes. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 102 The elect are called the Israel of God, and the true seruants of God Israelites indeede. 1699S. Sewall Diary 4 Nov. (1878) I. 504 Capt. Appleton of Ipswich..an Israelite indeed, a great Ornament of that Church and Town.
B. adj. Pertaining to Israel; Jewish, Israelitish.
1851D. Pitcairn in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xi. 4 By drowning the Israelite males. 1899Sayce Early Israel I. 54 The peasantry was Israelite.
Hence ˈIsraeliteship nonce-wd., the position or standing of an Israelite.
1680H. Dodwell Two Lett. (1691) 25 The opening of the ears..the true Israeliteship,..every where assigned as the reasons of the conversion of many of them. |