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Webster 1913 Edition
Shekinah
She-ki′nah
,Noun.
[Heb Talmud
shekīnāh
, fr. shākan
to inhabit.] The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; – a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
[Written also
Shechinah
.] Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)
Definition 2025
shekinah
shekinah
English
Noun
shekinah (plural shekinahs)
- (Christianity) A visible or otherwise perceptible manifestation of the presence of God
- 1993, Karen Armstrong, A History of God, Vintage 1999, p. 90:
- Some said that the Shekinah, who dwelt with his people on earth, still lived on the Temple Mount, even though the Temple was in ruins.
- 1993, Karen Armstrong, A History of God, Vintage 1999, p. 90: