Showbread

Showbread
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 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. [Written also {shewbread}.] --Mark ii. 26. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • showbread — variant of shewbread …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • showbread — noun The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table. <!See discussion on talk page. See Also: bread of the Presence, continual bread, layer bread, Holy bread, bread of presentation …   Wiktionary

  • showbread — See shewbread …   Dictionary of the Bible

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