chosen people
God's special community
A chosen people is a group believed to be specially selected by God for a divine purpose or covenant.
The term most commonly refers to the Jewish people in biblical tradition, but other religious and ethnic groups have claimed the designation.
The concept can carry connotations of spiritual responsibility or, when used critically, accusations of exclusivity or superiority: They acted as if they were the chosen people.
Ancient Hebrew people
- HebrewsAncient Semitic people
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
- IsaacHebrew patriarch name
- JacobMale given name
Moses · Exodus · Promised Land · Canaan · Egypt · Pharaoh · plagues · Red Sea
Commitment to act
- oathFormal binding promise
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
obedience · testament · consecration · redemption · deliverance · inheritance · birthright · anointed
Judaism's core scripture
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
Passover · Yom Kippur · Talmud · Hebrew · diaspora · Zionism · antisemitism · persecution
Decided in advance
- favoredShown special preference
- selectedDeliberately chosen
- specialUnlike the ordinary
- privilegedHaving special advantages
called · appointed · destined · ordained · exceptional · distinguished · blessed · marked
Israelites
Ancient Hebrew people
Jacob · Moses · Exodus · Promised Land · Canaan · Egypt · Pharaoh · plagues · Red Sea · Mount Sinai
promise
Commitment to act
- oathFormal binding promise
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- commandmentsAuthoritative rules demanding compliance
faithfulness · obedience · testament · consecration · redemption · deliverance · inheritance · birthright · anointed · sanctified
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
Shabbat · Passover · Yom Kippur · Talmud · Hebrew · diaspora · Zionism · antisemitism · persecution · survival
predestined
Decided in advance
privileged · called · appointed · destined · ordained · exceptional · distinguished · blessed · marked · singled out
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- lineageDescent from progenitors
tradition · kinship · belonging · descendants · community · tribe · roots · collective memory · nation · generation
- religious nationalismreligious nationalism, theocracy, state religion, Zionism, Islamism
- biblical themescreation, messiah, covenant, salvation, redemption
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- Religious Beliefsmonotheism, polytheism, pantheism, trinity, original sin
- Biblical IsraelIsrael, Moses, David, Solomon, Abraham
people, person, choose, chosen, choosing, election, personality, elected, persons