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单词 Shekinah
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Definition of Shekinah in English:

Shekinah

(also Shekhinah)
nounʃɪˈkʌɪnəSHiˈkēnə
mass noun
  • (in Jewish and Christian theology) the glory of the divine presence, conventionally represented as light or interpreted symbolically (in Kabbalism as a divine feminine aspect).

    〔犹太教神学,基督教神学〕舍金纳(神灵显现的光辉,传统上以光为代表或以象征进行解释,犹太教神秘主义则认为是神女性的一面)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two more solutions have been proposed recently: Shekinah, a post-biblical term for divine dwelling or immanence, and ‘steadfast love’ (hesed).
    • Mary is at once graced by the Light and reflects it, a figure akin to God's Shekhinah, the Hebrew understanding of Divine Wisdom as manifest in feminine guise.
    • The Jewish mystical treatise called the Zohar tells us that ‘whenever Israel goes into exile, the Holy One, blessed be he, is in exile with them, for the Shekhinah [Divine Presence] never leaves them.’
    • To look on the Shekinah was death, but to gaze upon God's glory ‘in the face of Jesus Christ’ is life and health.
    • According to the will of the Creator, wisdom, as the divine Shekinah, will take up a dwelling place in Jacob.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Hebrew, from šākan 'dwell, rest'.

Rhymes

angina, assigner, china, consignor, decliner, definer, Dinah, diner, diviner, forty-niner, hardliner, incliner, Indo-China, liner, maligner, Medina, miner, minor, mynah, recliner, refiner, Regina, Salina, shiner, signer, South Carolina, Steiner, twiner, whiner

Definition of Shekinah in US English:

Shekinah

(also Shekhinah)
nounSHiˈkēnə
  • (in Jewish and Christian theology) the glory of the divine presence, conventionally represented as light or interpreted symbolically (in Kabbalism as a divine feminine aspect).

    〔犹太教神学,基督教神学〕舍金纳(神灵显现的光辉,传统上以光为代表或以象征进行解释,犹太教神秘主义则认为是神女性的一面)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to the will of the Creator, wisdom, as the divine Shekinah, will take up a dwelling place in Jacob.
    • Mary is at once graced by the Light and reflects it, a figure akin to God's Shekhinah, the Hebrew understanding of Divine Wisdom as manifest in feminine guise.
    • Two more solutions have been proposed recently: Shekinah, a post-biblical term for divine dwelling or immanence, and ‘steadfast love’ (hesed).
    • To look on the Shekinah was death, but to gaze upon God's glory ‘in the face of Jesus Christ’ is life and health.
    • The Jewish mystical treatise called the Zohar tells us that ‘whenever Israel goes into exile, the Holy One, blessed be he, is in exile with them, for the Shekhinah [Divine Presence] never leaves them.’

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Hebrew, from šākan ‘dwell, rest’.

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