单词 | israel |
释义 | Israeln. 1. The people descended from Israel or Jacob, the ‘children of Israel’ collectively; the Jewish or Hebrew nation or people. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Semite > [noun] > Jew > Jews Israelc1000 Jewry?c1225 Hebrewdom1843 Jewdom1850 c1000 Ælfric Exodus v. 2 Ne can ic Drihten, ne ic nelle forlætan Israela folc. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3449 Moyses tolde ðis israel. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3268 Wende we a-gen, An israel folc lete we ben. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xxi. 25 In tho days was no kyng in Yrael [a1425 Israel]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xi. 7 The Lorde hath put a difference betwixte Egipte and Israel. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 162 At Tripoli many Jewes and Gentiles had..perished with an Earthquake, whereof died in all Israel twentie thousand. 1878 S. M. Schiller-Szinessy in Academy 606/2 The German Jews, now the most accomplished in all Israel. 2. In figurative and allusive uses; esp. the chosen people of God, the elect: applied to the Christian church, or to true Christians collectively.Often in phrases applied originally in the Old Testament to the Jewish people; e.g. Israel of God, mother in Israel, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > person > collective sheepc825 chosenc1200 heritagea1340 markedc1350 Israel1382 peculiar peoplea1513 forechosen1577 peculiar1610 election1611 predestinated1626 peculiar racea1657 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gal. vi. 16 Pees vpon hem, and mercy, and vpon Israel of God [Rheims & 1611 the Israel of God]. 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. ix. 6 For they are not all Israel [earlier vv. Israelites] which are of Israel. View more context for this quotation 1692 H. Prideaux Direct. Church-wardens (ed. 4) 117 The greatest Troublers of our Israel. 1712 J. Warder True Amazons Ded. 7 Though all the Thousands of your Britannick Israel esteem Your Majesty's Person as Sacred. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 117 Old Aunt Ann was a sort of mother in the colored Israel of the town. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 152 The truth..that the converted Gentiles constituted the ideal Israel. 3. An independent Jewish State established in 1948 in the country formerly called Palestine. Also attributive. ΚΠ 1948 Manch. Guardian 15 May 5/1 The Jews yesterday proclaimed in Tel Aviv the new State of Israel. 1957 L. F. R. Williams State of Israel 13 The Israel Government has been kindness personified in helping me with my researches. 1957 L. F. R. Williams State of Israel 17 The modern state of Israel occupies part of territory which in ancient times formed a link between the civilizations of Egypt, Asia Minor and Mesopotamia. 1958 Economist 26 July 300/2 The western armies cannot stay in the Middle East indefinitely, while Israel must live in the region forever. 1972 Encycl. Judaica I. 12 According to official government usage, Israel (and not Israeli) is the adjective relating to Israel: Israeli is a citizen (or permanent resident) of the State of Israel. 1972 Times 24 Mar. 10/4 Israel has decided to recall its military experts from Uganda. 1974 Times 17 Apr. 14/7 Israel newspaper correspondents were given preferential treatment. 1974 Times 17 Apr. 14/8 The ban remained for Israel-based reporters... The Israel government has followed a curious policy. Derivatives Isˈraeli adj. relating to the State of Israel, its inhabitants, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Israel or Palestine > [adjective] Israeli1948 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Near East, Middle East, and Asia Minor > [adjective] > Middle East > Israel Israeli1948 1948 Daily Tel. 23 June 1/1 A coastal vessel of the Israeli Navy stood by. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. ii. ii. 222 His English is good with a specific Israeli-sabra accent. 1949 H. Nicolson Diary 25 July (1968) 173 George Weidenfeld..has been asked by [Chaim] Weizmann to become his personal assistant. The problem is whether he should become an Israeli and get a definite job in the Israeli civil service. 1958 Economist 26 July 300/1 The Israeli government has asked Britain to order another course for the airflight to Jordan. Israeli n. (a) a native or inhabitant of the State of Israel; (b) the language spoken by the inhabitants of the State of Israel (more usually called Modern Hebrew). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Near East, Middle East, or Asia Minor > native or inhabitant of Israel or Palestine > [noun] Palestinian1583 Israeli1948 the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Semitic > Hebrew > later or modern rabbinic1730 Israeli1948 1948 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Dec. 4/3 Shortly after the proclamation of the new State of Israel..Moshe Shertok announced that its citizens would be called Israelis. 1964 R. MacGregor-Hastie Pope Paul VI x. 215 The Pope greeted Dr. Shazar in Israeli—‘Shalom, Shalom!’ 1967 Listener 8 June 741/1 The Israelis, with their small country and just over two million population, can never conquer the Arab States. 19721 [see sense 3]. ˈIsraelism n. reference to God's Church under the name or figure of Israel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > person > condition peculiarity1680 Israelism1684 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 185 That Israelism which runs through the whole Prophecy. Israeˈlistic adj. using the name or guise of Israel. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [adjective] > saved safec1300 chosen1382 saveda1400 ransomedc1425 redempt?a1430 pre-electc1475 elect1526 redeemed1538 elected1548 redempted1623 Israelistic1684 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 241 He in this Hylastick and Israelistick way prophesies of the state of the New Jerusalem. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000 |
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