Shekinah
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- proper noun
- /ʃɛkɪnɑ/
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Shekiná
- The Shekinah, or "She-Who-Dwells-Within," is a bird who shelters us under her wings, a midwife, God's bride, a mother, a daughter.
Examples
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His sources are the doctrine of Shekinah, Spanish mysticism, Russian-Orthodox philosophy of religion, and the Anglican idea of sacrificial love.
Academic text (1990) -
I asked her to explain the concept of shekinah.
Fiction book (1999) -
So we're not talking about the typical groups, but what you see in the Shekinah Church is again, milieu control.
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Well, I'd like to thank you all for coming out today, for the first day of worship here at Shekinah Fellowship Church.
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Then she read her favorite inscription: The True Shekinah Is Man.
Fiction book (1999) -
Indeed, Moltmann argues that if Shekinah is viewed "as God in person, then it is necessary to assume a profound self-differentiation in God himself."
Academic text (1990) -
Here, Moltmann adopts the doctrine of the Shekinah and grounds this in Jewish mysticism.
Academic text (1990) -
God's shekinah (presence) is his earnest that he will even endure Israel's suffering.
Academic text (1991) -
He argues here that mysticism bridges the gap between "the God of our fathers" and the remnant of Israel with the help of the doctrine of the Shekinah." 66
Academic text (1990) -
The young girl was named Shekinah to reflect her family's Jewish heritage.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shekinah as a name comes from the same Hebrew root shakan meaning 'to dwell'. Parents give the name Shekinah to honor the idea of God's presence 'dwelling' with or protecting a child.