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"JEWS" is a plural of: jew. |
Date "JEWS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
"JEWS" is a common misspelling or typo for: jaws, jess, jets. |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | JEWS-:HARP:, n. An unmusical instrument, played by holding it fast with the teeth and trying to brush it away with the finger. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Health | An ethnic group with certain cultural and religious traditions. (references) |
Literature | Jews in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel, those English who were loyal to Charles II., called David. "The Jews, a headstrong, moody, murmuring Race, God's pampered people, whom, debauched with Ease, No king could govern, nor no god could please." Part i. verses 45-48. Jews born with tails. (See Raboin.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: JEWSSynonym: Hebrews. (additional references) |
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Screenplays | The Jews don't celebrate Christmas, Tom. (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) I've got Jews at my table. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus) You Jews are so clever with money. (Ghost World; writing credit: Daniel Clowes) No Jews and no blacks. (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás) No one wants to read about Jews. (The Odessa File; writing credit: Frederick Forsyth; Kenneth Ross) | |
Lyrics | And everybody hates the Jews. (National Brotherhood Week; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Jews of Winnipeg (1973) Jews in Poland (1957) The Alps and the Jews (1957) Life of the Jews of Palestine (1913) King of the Jews (2000) | |
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 | Antisemitic message "Jews not wanted" on sign atop a barbershop like striped pole on a sidewalk in a Schwedt, Germany commercial district. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Statut de Kalisz] Charter of privileges accorded to Jews [.... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Zionist Organisation Jubilee--The Jews who will it, will have their state / [Lov]. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | 'Struggle and redemption' : Jews in Arab lands ... an international Jewish Student Conference, Dec. 22-17, '71, Montreal, Canada ... = 'lutte et redemption' : des juifs aux pays arabes ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Free them now : march for Soviet Jews on Solidarity Sunday, April 30. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Freedom for Syrian Jews!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The ways to freedom : a seminar on Jews in the Soviet Union and in the Arab Middle East : Copenhagen, Denmark, May 3-7, 1973. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Jews of Russia : let them go!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New York, you've really done it! ... 3 million Soviet Jews thank you. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Unity with Soviet Jews on Simchat Torah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | We will speed the day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing ... "Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last." |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | If one who has borrowed from the Jews any sum, great or small, die before that loan be repaid, the debt shall not bear interest while the heir is under age, of whomsoever he may hold; and if the debt fall into our hands, we will not take anything except the principal sum contained in the bond. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | And those that we have, of the beginning of any polities in the world, excepting that of the Jews, where God himself immediately interposed, and which favours not at all paternal dominion, are all either plain instances of such a beginning as I have mentioned, or at least have manifest footsteps of it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1959) |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He walked onward, undismayed, wondering whether he had strayed into the quarter of the jews. |
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Health | Most experience has been gained with Caucasians and Ashkenazi Jews, where incidence is highest. (references) | |
Laboratories providing molecular diagnostic capability should utilize tests that achieve a mutation detection rate of approximately 90 percent or better for Caucasians or a detection rate for African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanics, Ashkenazi Jews, Native Americans, and others comparable to that available at present. (references) | ||
Children | Israel and the occupied territories | High school graduation rates for Arabs are significantly lower than for Jews. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Iran | While Jews are a recognized religious minority, allegations of official discrimination are frequent. (references) |
Latvia | Jews are considered an ethnic group and are listed as such rather than as Latvian, Russian, or other. (references) | |
Economic History | Yemen | Religions: Islam, small numbers of Jews, Christians, and Hindus. (references) |
Iran | Non-Muslim minorities include Zoroastrians, Jews, Baha'is, and Christians. (references) | |
Iraq | Small communities of Christians, Jews, Bahais, Mandaeans, and Yezidis also exist. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | On October 8, 2000, a group of approximately 1,000 Israeli Jews attacked Arab homes in Nazareth. (references) |
Iran | In February and March 1999, security forces in the cities of Isfahan and Shiraz arrested 13 Jews. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | In accordance with Shari'a, women are prohibited from marrying non-Muslims; men may marry Christians and Jews, as well as Muslims. (references) | |
Minorities | Yemen | Jews may, and do, own property. (references) |
Bulgaria | Smaller groups, such as Jews and Armenians, are well integrated into Bulgarian life. (references) | |
Iraq | Although few Jews remain in the country, government officials frequently make anti-Semitic statements. (references) | |
Political Economy | Iran | In July 2000, 10 Iranian Jews were tried and convicted on charges of having illegal contact with Israel, and sentenced to between 2 and 13 years in prison. (references) |
Iraq | The religious mix likewise is varied and consists of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims (both Arab and Kurdish), Christians (including Chaldeans and Assyrians), and a small number of Jews and Mandaeans. (references) | |
Syria | Although it has released several thousand political prisoners over the past few years, especially in 2000-2001, and has lifted restrictions on the foreign travel of Syrian Jews, the protection of human rights continues to be a matter of concern in U.S.-Syrian relations. (references) | |
Political Rights | Iran | Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians elect deputies to reserved Majles seats. (references) |
Georgia | Other minority groups represented include Ossetians, Kurds, Jews, and Greeks. (references) | |
Ukraine | Jews are well represented among the political elite and hold several parliamentary seats. (references) | |
Women | Israel and the occupied territories | Rabbinical courts also may exercise jurisdiction over and issue sanctions against non-Israeli Jews present in Israel Some Islamic law courts in the country have held that Muslim women may not request a divorce, but that women may be forced to consent if a divorce is granted to a man. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SABBATH, n. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh. Among the Jews observance of the day was enforced by a Commandment of which this is the Christian version: "Remember the seventh day to make thy neighbor keep it wholly." To the Creator it seemed fit and expedient that the Sabbath should be the last day of the week, but the Early Fathers of the Church held other views. So great is the sanctity of the day that even where the Lord holds a doubtful and precarious jurisdiction over those who go down to (and down into) the sea it is reverently recognized, as is manifest in the following deep-water version of the Fourth Commandment: Six days shalt thou labor and do all thou art able, And on the seventh holystone the deck and scrape the cable. Decks are no longer holystoned, but the cable still supplies the captain with opportunity to attest a pious respect for the divine ordinance. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | You see, there has been this perception over the years that Christians and Jews are at odds, with great cultural, political, and theological friction. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In the Middle East, where Arabs and Jews who once seemed destined to fight forever now share knowledge and resources, and even dreams. |
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| "JEWS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "JEWS" is used about 1,820 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 1,820 | 4,660 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "JEWS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Jews | Last name | 100 | 83,288 |
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Expressions using "JEWS": hatred of the jews ♦ jews harp ♦ persecution of jews ♦ the jews ♦ the king of the jews. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "JEWS": non-jews. | |
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| Language | Translations for "JEWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 犹太人 (Jew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Internationale Conferentie van Christenen en Joden (ICCJ, International Council of Christians and Jews), ICCJ (ICCJ, International Council of Christians and Jews). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | Groupe d'Action pour les juifs de l'ancienne Union soviétique (Swiss Committee for Jews in the Former Soviet Union), bombarde (Jews harp, Jew's harp), AJS (Swiss Committee for Jews in the Former Soviet Union). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | judentum (Jewishness, Jewry, Judaism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 流浪の民 (the Jews, wandering people), 日猶同祖論 (hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にちゆうどうそろ" (hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry), るろうのたみ (the Jews, wandering people). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 태인 (Jew, Jewish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | Ny Hewnyn (Jewry, The Hebrews). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewsjay judeus. (various references) judar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 14, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi de apeiqounteV ioudaioi ephgeiran kai ekakwsan taV yucaV twn eqnwn kata twn adelfwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui vero increduli fuerunt Iudaei suscitaverunt et ad iracundiam concitaverunt animas gentium adversus fratres |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But the Jewis that weren vnbileueful, reiseden persecucioun, and stiriden to wraththe the soulis of hethene men ayens the britheren; but the Lord yaf soone pees. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But the unbelevinge Iewes steryd vp and vnquyeted the myndes of the Gentyls agaynste the brethre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil-affected against the brethren. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers. |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 14, Verse 2 |
| Albanian | Porjudenjtë që nuk besuan i nxitën dhe i acaruan shpirtrat e johebrenjve kundër vëllezërve. |
| Cebuano | Apan ang mga Judio nga wala motoo mihulhog sa mga Gentil, ug ilang gisugniban kini sila sa pagkasilag batok sa mga kaigsoonan. |
| Croatian | Ali nepokorni Židovi razdražiše i podjariše pogane protiv braæe. |
| Danish | Men de Jøder, som vare genstridige, ophidsede Hedningernes Sind og satte ondt i dem imod Brødrene. |
| Dutch | Maar de Joden, die ongehoorzaam waren, verwekten en verbitterden de zielen der heidenen tegen de broeders. |
| Finnish | Mutta ne juutalaiset, jotka eivät uskoneet, yllyttivät ja kiihdyttivät pakanain mieltä veljiä vastaan. |
| French | Mais ceux des Juifs qui ne crurent point excitèrent et aigrirent les esprits des païens contre les frères. |
| German | Die ungläubigen Juden aber erweckten und entrüsteten die Seelen der Heiden wider die Brüder. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi orang-orang Yahudi yang tidak mau percaya, menghasut orang-orang bukan Yahudi, sehingga membuat mereka membenci orang-orang yang percaya kepada Yesus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi pihak orang Yahudi yang degil itu menghasut dan menggusarkan hati orang kafir itu melawan saudara-saudara itu. |
| Italian | Ma i Giudei rimasti increduli eccitarono e inasprirono gli animi dei pagani contro i fratelli. |
| Latvian | Bet neticîgie jûdu kûdîja un pamudinâja pagânu sirdis uz naidu pret brâïiem. |
| Maori | Na nga Hurai whakateka ia i whakaoho, i whakakino nga ngakau o nga Tauiwi ki nga teina. |
| Norwegian | Men de jøder som ikke vilde tro, opegget hedningenes sinn og satte ondt i dem mot brødrene. |
| Portuguese | Mas os judeus incrédulos excitaram e irritaram os ânimos dos gentios contra os irmãos. |
| Rumanian | Dar Iudeii cari n`au crezut, au kntqrktat wi au rqzvrqtit sufletele Neamurilor kmpotriva frayilor. |
| Shuar | Tura Chíkich Israer-shuar, Yúsan umirkacharu ármia nu, Yus-shuaran kajerkarat tusar Israer-shuarchan yajauch Enentáimtikrarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero los judíos que no creyeron incitaron y malearon el ánimo de los gentiles en contra de los hermanos. |
| Swahili | Lakini Wayahudi wengine waliokataa kuwa waumini walichochea na kutia chuki katika mioyo ya watu wa mataifa mengine ili wawapinge hao ndugu. |
| Swedish | men de judar som voro ohörsamma retade upp hedningarna och väckte deras förbittring mot bröderna. |
| Uma | Tapi' to Yahudi to uma dota mepangala' mpo'ukei' ntodea to bela-ra to Yahudi, bona mpokahuku' -ra topepangala' hi Pue' Yesus. |
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Misspellings | |
"JEWS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ejs, Jawa, Jeds, Jedsa, Jeps, jewes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "JEWS" (pronounced juw"z) |
| 2 | -uw" z | abuse, accrues, accuse, amuse, bemuse, blues, boos, booze, brews, bruise, canoes, chews, choose, Clews, clues, confuse, coups, crews, cruise, Cruse, cues, defuse, Dews, diffuse, disabuse, Druse, dues, ensues, enthuse, eschews, ewes, excuse, flus, fuse, glues, goos, Hews, hues, infuse, kangaroos, loos, lose, miscues, misuse, moos, muse, news, oohs, ooze, overuse, peruse, pews, pursues, queues, recuse, refuse, renews, reuse, reviews, revues, Roose, ruse, schmooze, screws, shampoos, shoes, skews, snooze, sous, spews, stews, sues, suffuse, taboos, tattoos, tews, transfuse, twos, use, views, whose, woos, zoos. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-j-s-w" | |
-1 letter: jew, sew. | |
-2 letters: es, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-j-s-w" | |
+2 letters: jewels. | |
+3 letters: jewfish. | |
+4 letters: bejewels, jawbones, jawlines, jewelers, jigsawed, jowliest, swarajes, twinjets. | |
+5 letters: jackscrew, jawboners, jewellers, jewelries, jewfishes, underjaws. | |
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