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MOSES — (Heb. מֹשֶׁה; LXX, Mōusēs; Vulg. Moyses), leader, prophet, and lawgiver (set in modern chronology in the first half of the 13th century B.C.E.). Commissioned to take the Israelites out of Egypt, Moses led them from his 80th year to his death at… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Moses basket — /mōˈzəz bäˈskit/ noun A portable cot for babies in the form of a basket with handles ORIGIN: Story of Moses in the bulrushes, from Bible, Exodus 2.3 … Useful english dictionary
moses-on-a-raft — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun also moses in the bulrushes ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: so called from the infant Moses having been placed by his mother in an ark made of bulrushes on the edge of a river to… … Useful english dictionary
Moses — For other uses, see Moses (disambiguation). Moses Moses … Wikipedia
Moses — Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, son; hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17 25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years before the birth of Moses. Some centuries before … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Moses — Jewish Prophet, reign of Ramesses II (?) c.1250 BC. According to the Biblical account, the descendants of the tribe of Israel whom *Joseph had brought into Egypt centuries earlier ultimately became part of those groups of itinerant labourers… … Ancient Egypt
Moses basket — noun a carrycot or small portable cot made of wickerwork. Origin with allusion to the biblical story of Moses being left in a basket among the bulrushes (Exod. 2:3) … English new terms dictionary
Cyrus the Great — King of Āryāvarta[1][2], King of Persia, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the four corners of the World[ … Wikipedia
Ark of bulrushes — The ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid (Ex. 2:3) is called in the Hebrew teiva , a word similar to the Egyptian teb , meaning a chest . It was daubed with slime and with pitch. The bulrushes of which it was made were paper reed ( … Wikipedia
Folklore in the Old Testament Studies in Comparative Religion Legend and Law — Folklore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion Legend and Law written in 1918 by Sir James Frazer, compares episodes of the Old Testament with similar legends from other cultures in the ancient world. Contents*Part 1) Early ages… … Wikipedia
