Definitions
Etymologies
- Biblical. "Shadow of death" from the Hebrew צלמות (tzal "shadow" + mavet "death") c.f. Old Testament, Psalm 23. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I repeated the words of the Twenty-third Psalm, and when I came to the line “yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil” I felt a shadow lift from me and my hope took wings.”
Jacob's Ladder
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘valley of the shadow of death’.
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Creative Phone-Answering
Inspired by the conversation at den of iniquity.
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A Long, Strange Trip
You'll definitely need a map. Inspired by Son of Groucho's comment on Islets of Langerhans.
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states of mind: from absurdistan to zion
Countries, lands, cities that capture, or haunt, our dreams. Some of the places listed might be the names of actual localities, but here they are states of mind.
absurdistan, banana republic, utopia, mitteleuropa, new jerusalem, deseret, canaan, zion, ruritania, outer slobovia, lower slobovia, avalon and 126 more...
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rolig "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."
– Psalm 23: 4 Sep 2, 2008