Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hebrew

Hebrew , noun

[French Hébreu, Latin Hebraeus, Greek {not transcribed}, from Hebrew 'ibhrī.]

1.
An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew. — Gen. xiv. 13
2.
The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.

Hebrew , adjective

Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites.