"in Hebrew or Aramaic, Jn. 5:2; 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Rev. 9:11; 16:16*"
Definition and meaning
in Hebrew or Aramaic, Jn. 5:2; 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Rev. 9:11; 16:16*
In the original Greek the word is written: Ἑβραϊστί
Historical context
John wrote for an audience familiar with both Jewish Scripture and Greek philosophy. The logos — the Word — was a term Greek philosophers used for the rational principle underlying the universe. John takes that concept and says: that logos became a person and lived among us. Crucifixion was the Roman execution method designed to maximize public humiliation, reserved for slaves and rebels.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of hebraisti (G1447) across the King James Bible.
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
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Common questions
Strong's G1447 (hebraisti) is a Greek word that means: in Hebrew or Aramaic, Jn. 5:2; 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Rev. 9:11; 16:16* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word hebraisti (G1447) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1447 is hebraisti, a Greek word defined as: in Hebrew or Aramaic, Jn. 5:2; 19:13, 17, 20; 20:16; Rev. 9:11; 16:16*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
hebraisti is a Greek word found in the New Testament.