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EXODUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exodus" is a kind of...):
escape; flight (the act of escaping physically)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
Synonyms:
Book of Exodus; Exodus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Exodus" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Laws; Pentateuch; Torah (the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit)
