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Hapiru

Hapiru is the alternative form of Habiru.

Meaning of Habiru

Noun

Habiru pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A social class or status group described as marginalized outsiders in ancient Near Eastern texts from the 2nd millinnium BCE, spanning regions such as Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and Egypt.

Questions about Hapiru

What is Hapiru the alternative form of?
Hapiru is the alternative form of Habiru.

Words near Hapiru in the dictionary

  1. haphtarahs
  2. haphtaras
  3. haphtarot
  4. haphtaroth
  5. hapi
  6. Hapiru
  7. Hapke parameter
  8. Hapke parameters
  9. hapkeite
  10. hapkido
  11. haplaquept

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hapiru (page history and authors); Habiru (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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