Hebrews

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Hebrews
    n 1: the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac
         (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God
         chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to
         make a covenant (Exodus 19) [syn: {Hebrews}, {Israelites}]
    2: a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle
       of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been
       written by him [syn: {Epistle to the Hebrews}, {Hebrews}]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Hebrews
(Acts 6:1) were the Hebrew-speaking Jews, as distinguished from
those who spoke Greek. (See {GREEKS}.)

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Hebrews, descendants of Heber