Shekhinah

American  

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

Also Shekinah,

noun

Theology.

1. the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.

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Etymology

Origin of Shekhinah

First recorded in 1655–65, Shekhinah is from the Hebrew word shēkhīnāh

Example Sentences

Judaism teaches us that the Shekhinah — the presence of God — is most clearly present when a group is gathered.

From New York Times

The Vulcan hand greeting, for instance, which Nimoy invented, is the Hebrew letter shin, the symbol for the Shekhinah, a feminine aspect of the divine.

From The New Yorker

One of these, the Shekhinah, was the Zohar's obsession, the portal through which it pulled believers willy-nilly into the divine drama.

From Time Magazine Archive