Ebionite

Meaning

Noun

A member of an early Jewish Christian sect that lived in and around Judea and Palestine from the 1st to the 4th century.

Origin

Ancient Greek Ἐβιωναῖοι, from Hebrew אביונים ("the Poor Ones"), plural of Hebrew אֶבְיוֹן ("needy, poor"), itself likely a borrowing from Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ ("poor").

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