Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Certain objects mentioned in the Old Testament, with the thummim (Ex. xxviii. 30, etc.) or alone (Num. xxvii. 21; 1 Sam. xxviii. 6), as connected with the rational, or breastplate of the Jewish high priest, and with oracular responses given by him.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures.
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Examples
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+ '~en. ki'urim'and'thummin'~ja.tile'YAHWEH'satellite'node'zionic'reliqueing'list'
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You deny him the companionship of ladies and lock him in a room with another young guy and you're just asking them to slip each other the ol' urim and thummim.
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You deny him the companionship of ladies and lock him in a room with another young guy and you're just asking them to slip each other the ol' urim and thummim.
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Sometimes they addressed themselves to the seer and prophet; and you may believe that the seer and prophet discovered the most hidden things, as well as the urim and thummim of the high priest.
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Sometimes they went to the high priest, who immediately consulted God by the urim and thummim.
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“Keeping warm, Lonya?” he asked a thin woman who roasted urim nuts on a small stove all day long.
Genesis Force John Vornholt 2003
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He is our captain, our leader, our high priest, urim and thummim, our oracle, our ark, on whom the cloud of direction rests and abides for ever.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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That is, the vestment of the high priest, with the urim and thummim, by which the Lord gave his oracle.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 09: 1 Kings The Challoner Revision
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That is, the vestment of the high priest, with the urim and thummim, by which the Lord gave his oracle.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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