Definition of Shibah

1. Noun. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative. "The family is sitting shiva"

Exact synonyms: Shiva, Shivah
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Hebdomad, Week

Definition of Shibah

1. Noun. alternative spelling of shiva ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shibah

1. shiva [n -S] - See also: shiva

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shibah

shewel
shewels
shewer
shewers
shewest
sheweth
shewing
shewn
shews
shh
shi
shiatsu
shiatsus
shiatzu
shiatzus
shibah (current term)
shibahs
shibari
shibboleth
shibboleths
shibilant
shibilants
shibkovite
shibori
shicker
shickered
shickers
shicksa
shicksas
shidder

Literary usage of Shibah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Hindostan by Alexander Dow (1770)
"'shibah, the foe of good. * Naat. ... attribute of the divinity, under the name of shibah ; but they do not mean evil by ..."

2. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1903)
"On every morning and evening of the " shibah," services are conducted in the ... The " shibah " is followed by a second mourning, " Shloshim," thirty days ..."

3. Jewish Ceremonial Institutions and Customs by William Rosenau (1912)
"On every morning and evening of the " shibah," services are conducted in the ... The " shibah " is followed by a second mourning, " Shloshim," thirty days ..."

4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Then Rudder (the same with shibah, the destroying quality of God), with the ten spirits of dissolution, shall roll a comet under the moon, ..."

5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... under the appellation of Bishen, his providential and preserving quality ; and under that of shibah, that attribute which tends to destroy. ..."

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