Israelite definitions

ĭz'rē-ə-līt'
A native or inhabitant of the ancient Northern Kingdom of Israel.
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A member of a people regarded as the chosen people of God.
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Of or relating to ancient Israel, the ancient Israelites, or their culture.
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A member of the people of ancient Israel or their descendants; Hebrew.
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Of ancient Israel or the Israelites.
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A native or inhabitant of the (1) united nation of Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or (2) the later northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
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A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.
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Of or pertaining to the ancient nation(s) of Israel or the inhabitants thereof.
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(rare, chiefly in Protestantism) Of or pertaining to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob.
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A descendant of Jacob; a Jew.
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A Jew not descended from the tribe of Levi and not a priest.
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Origin of israelite

From the Latin Isrāēlīta (“Israelite”), from the Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs, “Israelite”), from Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāēl, “Israel”), from the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʼēl, “Israel”).

Sentence Examples

  • It sustained frequent sieges during the troubled history of the Israelite kingdom.

  • 14-26), and the evidence for the conclusion that traditions originally of (north) Israelite interest were taken over and adapted to the later standpoint of Judah and Jerusalem (viz.

  • of Syria assaulted it in the reign of Ahab, but was repulsed and obliged to allow the Israelite traders to establish a quarter in Damascus, as his predecessor Ben-Hadad I.

  • He was found by Pharaoh's daughter, and his (step-)sister Miriam contrived that he should be nursed by his mother; on growing up he killed an Egyptian who was oppressing an Israelite, and this becoming, known, he sought refuge in flight.

  • The writings are the result of a continued literary process, and the Israelite national history has come down to us through Judaean hands, with the result that much of it has been coloured by late Judaean feeling.

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