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Shechinah

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[shuh-kee-nuh, -kahy-, shuh-khee-nah, shuh-khee-nuh] / ʃəˈki nə, -ˈkaɪ-, ʃə xiˈnɑ, ʃəˈxi nə /

noun

Theology.
  1. Shekhinah.


Example Sentences

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He was one of the three who were the last to behold the Shechinah, and to whom came the voice of God the Father.

From A Life of St. John for the Young by Weed, George Ludington

Rabbi Nahum says, “This means that the Almighty spread some of the glory of the Shechinah and His cloud over him.”

From Hebrew Literature by Wilson, Epiphanius

The second temple was much smaller than, and very inferior to, the first, and from it were wanting the ark, the Shechinah glory, the sacred fire, and the Urim and Thummim.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

"The captives shall ascend from the under world, Shechinah at their head."

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Never did the Shechinah at Horeb, or Sinai, or the Tabernacle, seem so resplendent as on this Mount Hermon.

From A Life of St. John for the Young by Weed, George Ludington