Phrase guide

Righteous Among the Nations

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Title given to a gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Israel, not-comparable

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noun

Meaning 2

A gentile who risked his or her life during the Holocaust to save Jews.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Israel

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History

Etymology

Translation of Hebrew חסיד אומות העולם / חֲסִיד אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (khasíd 'umót ha'olám, literally “righteous [one] of the nations of the world”).

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صالِح بَيْن الأُمَم (ṣāliḥ bayn al-ʔumam) — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際義人 /国际义人 — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Finnish: vanhurskaat kansakuntien joukossa — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • French: Juste parmi les nations — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • German: Gerechter unter den Völkern — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Hebrew: חסיד אומות העולם \ חֲסִיד אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (khasíd 'umót ha'olám) — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Indonesian: Orang Benar di antara Bangsa-bangsa — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rettskaffen blant nasjonene — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Russian: Пра́ведник наро́дов ми́ра (Právednik naródov míra) — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust
  • Ukrainian: Пра́ведник наро́дів сві́ту (Právednyk naródiv svítu) — non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust