Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Judaism A visible manifestation of the presence of God
Etymologies
- From late Hebrew שכינה. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Among the latter, the word shekinah became very popular; it meant the”
“If Shekinah glory means the presence of God how come the word shekinah is NOT in the bible?”
“The sacred direction in Judaism is toward Jerusalem or, more precisely, toward the presence of the transcendent God -- "shekinah" -- in the Holy of Holies of the Temple, as seen in Daniel 6:10.”
“The fire that glowed between the wings of the cherubim in the holy place was called the "shekinah," the”
“On the other hand, objecting "shekinah" just because it doesn't appear in it's noun form is like objecting "baptism" just because Acts only mentioned it as "baptized" and "baptize".”
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“And Jason is right to say that He was obscured by a supernatural cloud representing God's shekinah glory.”
“A shekinah glow emanated from his face and the focus of his eyes fell beyond the horizon of the room.”
“With the Holy Spirit, the shekinah, the Gnostic Sophia, the monastics and the mystics of these religions seem to me to be returning to an archaic animism.”
“There were times when Christ's eternal power and Godhead could not be quite obscured by the fleshly body, but would shine out through this tabernacle of clay, as we may suppose the shekinah glory of old would shine through every crack or crevice in the temple.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shekinah’.
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Guide to the Perplexed
Lexicon of terms set forth in Maimonides 'Guide to the Perplexed'. A fascinating exercise in theosophy and translation if one substitutes these definitions for a "revised" reading of the Old Testa...
eye, apprehend, associations, air, ruah : or ruhoth,..., affection, attribute, approach, accidents, ascending, articulated, back and 119 more...
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Pretentious Christianese
"Religious" words that make you sound like a pretentious jerk no matter how appropriate their application. Essentially any word you can use as an excuse not to actually have a real conversation. =)
christophany, hermeneutics, exegesis, exegete, theophany, epistle, bibliology, sola scriptura, exposition, apocalyptic, apocrypha, transubstantiation and 25 more...
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Most Obscure Words
acatalectic, acosmism, acuate, acuminate, adscititious, adytum, akratisma, alieniloquy, allelomorph, allochiria, allodium, alnage and 620 more...
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trinity words
triumvir, tierce, sesterce, trinity, trammel, trephine, tercel, tercet, tertian, tricrotic, tritone, triad and 58 more...
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brobbins mystery of faith, presence of God, beloved, Sarah, the Indwelling, the Bride
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekhinah
http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/shekinah.htm
http://shekinah.elysiumgates.com/ Jul 24, 2009
lea The feminine side of Holy Spirit. What a wonderful word. Mar 6, 2009