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Bible Verses About The Hebrew Language

Early Christian writers usually treated Hebrew as the language tied to the Jews, their fathers, and their Scriptures. Irenaeus, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian all speak of Hebrew when discussing biblical names, translated Scriptures, or Jewish speech. Some writers also say parts of Scripture were first written or preserved in Hebrew, while others focus more on Hebrew words being translated into Greek.

The evidence is broad for Hebrew as the sacred and ancestral Jewish language, but thinner on exact details about every biblical book or phrase.

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1 Acts 22:2 2 Genesis 11:1 3 1 Corinthians 14:21 4 Nehemiah 13:24 5 John 19:20 6 1 Corinthians 14:10 7 Isaiah 28:11 8 Hebrews 6:9 9 Hebrews 11:14 10 Hebrews 11:3

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Acts 22:2 primary

(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

Direct Bible passage showing speech in Hebrew.

Supporting Passages

Genesis 11:1

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

General one-language before dispersion text

1 Corinthians 14:21

In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

passage for speaking with people of strange tongues

Nehemiah 13:24

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Shows the Jews' language as distinct from other peoples' speech.

John 19:20

This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

Shows an inscription written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

1 Corinthians 14:10

There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.

General language principle, helpful background but not specific to Hebrew.

Isaiah 28:11

For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.

passage for another tongue

Hebrews 6:9

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

No relevant Hebrew-language teaching in excerpt

Hebrews 11:14

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

No relevant Hebrew-language teaching in excerpt

Hebrews 11:3

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

No relevant Hebrew-language teaching in excerpt

Hebrews 9:21

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

No relevant Hebrew-language teaching in excerpt