Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Jewish name for the symbol of the divine presence, which rested in the shape of a cloud or visible light over the mercy-seat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
Shekinah .
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Examples
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The Shechinah is always attended with angels; it is so here (v. 10): Thousand thousands minister to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before him.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The removal of the Shechinah from the cherubim to the threshold of the temple, ver.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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A bright cloud is the symbolical seat of the Divine presence (Ex. 29: 42, 43; 1 Kings 8: 10; 2 Chr. 5: 14; Ezek. 43: 4), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.).
Aint no Tag Cloud Large Enough for Me Ben Barren 2006
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A bright cloud is the symbolical seat of the Divine presence (Ex. 29: 42, 43; 1 Kings 8: 10; 2 Chr. 5: 14; Ezek. 43: 4), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.).
Archive 2006-01-01 Ben Barren 2006
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Presence -- called the Shechinah -- dwelt continually in the Most Holy
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The Shechinah was the symbol, and in one aspect was a part, of that self-revelation.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Alexander Maclaren 1868
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If Monty desired to fill the room with an unworldly atmosphere, and to raise the cloud "Shechinah" around his little altar, he knew by the solemn hush, as he turned to continue the Mass, that he had succeeded.
Tell England A Study in a Generation Ernest Raymond 1931
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The Hebrew characters spell "Shechinah" the compassionate female aspect of God in Judaism.
WN.com - Articles related to Playing games from Phuket to Naiharn to Patong 2010
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The Hebrew characters spell "Shechinah" the compassionate female aspect of God in Judaism.
WN.com - Articles related to Playing games from Phuket to Naiharn to Patong 2010
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The Hebrew characters spell "Shechinah" the compassionate female aspect of God in Judaism.
WN.com - Articles related to Playing games from Phuket to Naiharn to Patong 2010
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