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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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Is it possible to cleave to the Shechinah?

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

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

The ancient book Breshith Rabba remarks on this passage: "The Shechinah dwells only in the tents of Shem."

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

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 Sanhedrin were exiled, but the Shechinah was not exiled with them.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various