Khnum
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In Elephantine Khnum was supposed to become incarnate in a ram, at whose death the divinity left him and took up his abode in another.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
While he fashioned the clay she would hold the Sign of Life, so that spirit might enter into the formed body when Khnum got it to the right state.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
While the Cataract of the Nile was the home of Khnum, the Persian Gulf was the dwelling-place of Ea.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The scene in the series, which is of greatest interest in the present connexion, is that representing Khnum at his work of creation.
From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by L. W. (Leonard William) King
Here too we find travellers from Palestine writing of themselves "Blessed be Augah of Isis," or "Blessed be Abed-Nebo of Khnum"!
From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
