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ˈʃoʊˌbrɛdshow·bread
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showbreadnoun
The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Showbread or Shewbreadnoun
Among the Jews, they thus called loaves of bread that the priest of the week put every Sabbath-day upon the golden table, which was in the sanctum before the Lord. They were covered with leaves of gold, and were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. They served them up hot, and at the same time took away the stale ones, and which could not be eaten but by the priest alone. This offering was accompanied with frankincense and salt. Augustin Calmet
Etymology: show and bread.
Set upon the table showbread before me. Ex. xxv. 30.
Webster Dictionary
Showbreadnoun
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 Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place
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Showbread
Showbread, in the King James Version: shewbread, in a biblical or Jewish context, refers to the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present on a specially dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. An alternative, and more appropriate, translation would be presence bread, since the Bible requires that the bread be constantly in the presence of God. It is also mentioned in.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of showbread in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of showbread in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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