Webster 1828 · headword: shibboleth
View source image ↗A word made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites, who pronounced it Sibboleth.
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COMBINED MEANING
The test word Shibboleth in Judges 12:6, whose pronunciation distinguished the speakers in the account.
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HISTORICAL DEFINITIONS
A word made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites, who pronounced it Sibboleth.
KJV CONCORDANCE