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: {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}]