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Nehushtan :: Nehushtan (n.) A thing of brass; -- the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.

Leviratical :: Leviratical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother..

Israelitish :: Israelitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew..

Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival..

Samson :: Samson (n.) An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength..

Mosaic :: Mosaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions..

Danite :: Danite (n.) A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.

Passover :: Passover (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb..

Exodus :: Exodus (n.) The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt..

Israelite :: Israelite (n.) A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew..

Hebrew :: Hebrew (n.) An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew..

Exode :: Exode (n.) Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt..

Zion :: Zion (n.) A hill in Jerusalem, which, after the capture of that city by the Israelites, became the royal residence of David and his successors..

Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..

Exodus :: Exodus (n.) A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place..

Epistrophe :: Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I..

Manna :: Manna (n.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food..

Uncircumcised :: Uncircumcised (n.) Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites..

Teraphim :: Teraphim (n. pl.) Images connected with the magical rites used by those Israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. Teraphim were consulted by the Israelites for oracular answers.

Canaanite :: Canaanite (n.) A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt..

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