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Names of the Jewish people - Definition and Overview


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Main article: Jew
Jewish religion
Etymology of "Jew"  · Who is a Jew?
Jewish leadership  · Jewish culture
Jewish ethnic divisions
Ashkenazi (German and E. Europe)
Mizrahi (Arab and Oriental)
Sephardi (Iberian)
Temani (Yemenite)  · Beta Israel
Jewish populations
Israel · United States · Russia/USSR
Germany  · France  · Latin America
Britain  · Famous Jews by country
Jewish languages
Hebrew: (Biblical / Modern) · Aramaic
Yiddish · Ladino · Judeo-Arabic
Jewish denominations
Orthodox · Conservative  · Reform
Reconstructionist  · Karaite
Jewish political movements
Zionism: (Labor / General / Revisionist)
Jewish Labor Union (The Bund)
Jewish history
Jewish history timeline  · Schisms
Ancient Israel and Judah
Temples in Jerusalem
Babylonian captivity
Hasmoneans and Greece
Jewish-Roman wars
Era of Pharisees  · The Talmudic Era
Middle Ages  · Muslim Lands
Enlightenment/Haskalah  · Hasidism
The Holocaust  · Modern Israel
Persecution of the Jews
Anti-Semitism: (Historical / Modern)

Names of the Jewish people:

This article lists the names of the Jewish people in various linguistic contexts. See the article Jew and the Footnotes for etymological and other information. This article does not cover ethnic slurs.

Contents

Hebrew language

In the Hebrew language:

Yiddish language

In Yiddish:

Ancient Greek language

In Ancient Greek:

  • Ιουδαιος, Ioudaios1
  • Evrei2

Ancient Egyptian language

In Ancient Egyptian:

Latin language

In Latin:

  • Iudeus1

English language

In English:

Russian language

In Russian:

  • Еврей, Yevrei2

Religious context

In religion:

No longer in use

Anti-Semitic context

Anti-Semitic context:

See also

Footnotes

Example Usage of Jewish

SonoranCellist: Do Jewish vampires avoid the cross, or the star of David? #thingsthatmakeyougohmmm
KonKrete2: @MsRayP right, but ray they had a pic of another man, insinuating that he is the Jewish Jesus, here on earth smh
Wiswell: @sailorgirlbonk I hope I didn't use it too incorrectly. I was just waiting for somebody Jewish to call me on it.
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