Jew Definition

jo͝o
jews
verb

(offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.

Wiktionary
(offensive) Alternative capitalization of jew.
Wiktionary
noun
A person whose religion is Judaism.
Webster's New World
A person descended, or regarded as descended, from the ancient Hebrews of Biblical times.
Webster's New World
A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective

Jewish.

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Origin of Jew

  • Middle English Jeu from Old French giu from Latin Iūdaeus from Greek Ioudaios from Aramaic yəhudāy from Hebrew yəhûdî inhabitant of Judah from yəhûdâ Judah Judah2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaios), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi)

    From Wiktionary

Jew Sentence Examples

  • Further, he shows an "astonishing familiarity with the Jewish rites," in the opinion of a modern Jew (Kohler in the Jewish Encycl.); so much so, that the latter agrees with another Jewish scholar in saying that "the writer seems to have been a converted Jew, whose fanatic zeal rendered him a bitter opponent of Judaism within the Christian Church."

  • So, too, the greatest Jew of the middle ages, Maimonides, was a Spaniard.

  • Even in remote Nejran, Halevy, himself a Jew, found a considerable colony of his co-religionists.

  • Bar-Nebo, lacks intrinsic fitness for a Jew and a Levite, and of course does not accord with the statement in Acts itself.

  • After this every portion of the animal is thoroughly examined, for if there is any organic disease the devout Jew cannot taste the meat.

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