jew 
jew (jo̵̅o̅)
transitive verb
Etymology: < Jew, by assoc. with occupation of Jews as moneylenders in Middle Ages
jew someone down
Jew (jo̵̅o̅)
noun
- a person descended, or regarded as descended, from the ancient Hebrews of Biblical times
- a person whose religion is Judaism
Etymology: ME < OFr Giu, Juiu < L Judaeus < Gr Ioudaios < Heb yehūdī, member of the tribe or kingdom of Judah: see Judah
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Jew
n.
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I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city.
There isneither Jew nor Greek, there isneither bond nor free, there isneither malenor female: for yeareall onein Christ Jesus. 122
Lienot oneto another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
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