Etymology dictionary. 2014.
Shewbread — Shew bread See {Showbread}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shewbread — [shō′bred΄] n. [ SHEW + BREAD, after Ger schaubrot, Luther s transl. for Heb lechem panim, lit., bread of (the divine) face, or presence] archaic var. of SHOWBREAD … English World dictionary
shewbread — Showbread Show bread , n. (Jewish Antiq.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shewbread — /shoh bred /, n. Judaism. the 12 loaves of bread placed every Sabbath on a table in the sanctuary of the Biblical tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering by the priests to God. Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5 9. Also, showbread. [1530; SHEW +… … Universalium
SHEWBREAD or SHOWBREAD — (Heb. לֶחֶם פָּנִים / הַפָּנִים; JPS, bread of display ), the bread laid out in the Temple on the golden table (Ex. 25:30; I Sam. 21:7; I Kings 7:48; II Chron. 4:19) which is called the table of Shewbread in Numbers 4:7. The shewbread is also… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
shewbread — or showbread noun Etymology: translation of German Schaubrot Date: 1526 consecrated unleavened bread ritually placed by the Jewish priests of ancient Israel on a table in the sanctuary of the Tabernacle on the Sabbath … New Collegiate Dictionary
shewbread — noun Twelve loaves of bread placed on the alter in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread … Wiktionary
Shewbread — Ex. 25:30 (R.V. marg., presence bread ); 1 Chr. 9:32 (marg., bread of ordering ); Num. 4:7: called hallowed bread (R.V., holy bread ) in 1 Sam. 21:1 6. This bread consisted of twelve loaves made of the finest flour. They were flat and thin … Easton's Bible Dictionary
shewbread — Bread made without yeast. Instructions are given in the OT (Lev. 24:5–9) for twelve [[➝ Twelve, the]] loaves of unleavened bread to be placed in the Temple as an offering to the Lord. On the Sabbath the priests renewed them, consuming the old… … Dictionary of the Bible
shewbread — n. twelve loaves of bread placed every Sabbath in the Tabernacle and in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God (Biblical) … English contemporary dictionary
