Jews

Jews · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of Jew; members of the Jewish people, an ethno-religious group originating in the ancient Israelites of the Levant.

  2. 2.

    Adherents of Judaism, the monotheistic religion based on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.

Related words

See also: Jew, Jewish, Judaism
Synonyms: Jewish people

Etymology

From Old French juiu, from Latin Iudaeus, from Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ("of Judah"), referring to the ancient kingdom of Judah.