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Definition of Shewbread
1. Noun. Twelve loaves of bread placed on the alter in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shewbread
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shewbread
Literary usage of Shewbread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein 'were the candlestick,
and the table, and !the shewbread; which is called the Holy place. ..."
2. A Commentary, Critical, Expository and Practical, on the Gospels of Matthew by John Jason Owen (1857)
"shewbread, or bread of the presence or face, so called because it was placed
before the face or presence of Jehovah, as the royal table is spread in the ..."
3. The tabernacle and its priests and services described, and considered in by William Brown (1871)
"TABLE OF shewbread. Scale—1 inch to a cubit. >. ... 35) stood the table of
shewbread, in size, 2 cubits long, i broad, and i£ high (Exod. xxv. ..."
4. Hours with the Bible, Or, The Scriptures in the Light of Modern Knowledge by Cunningham Geikie (1892)
"As in the Tabernacle, there was only one golden lamp in the Holy Place, behind
the veil,* a table of shewbread, and the incense altar, ..."
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