Home › Words › H › hebrewismhebrewismhebrewism means A word or phrase characteristic of Hebrew.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hebrewism ranks #28,412 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Hebrew + -ism.nounA word or phrase characteristic of Hebrew.e.g.“To justify this exposition, cardinal Tollet would persuade us, that St. John's Greek text is full of Hebrewisms […]” — a. 1657, Thomas Jackson, Commentaries upon the Creed Book XI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).