1. hebrews(n = noun.group) israelites - 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);
is a kind of ethnic group, ethnos, chosen people
2. hebrews(n = noun.communication) epistle to the hebrews - a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him;
is a kind of epistle
is a part of new testament