exodus
31exodus — UK [ˈeksədəs] / US noun [singular] a situation in which a lot of people leave a place or activity at the same time exodus from: The stock market has seen a recent exodus of investors from high technology stocks. mass exodus (= an occasion when… …
32Exodus — Abook of the Hebrew Bible that describes the captivity of the Israelites in Egypt and their delivery by Moses from the oppression of the pharaoh. Much has been written to try to identify the route of the Exodus out of Egypt and the pharaoh… …
33Exodus — panische Flucht; massenhaftes Verlassen; Massenflucht; Abwanderung; Emigration; Auswanderung * * * Ẹx|o|dus 〈m.; ; unz.〉 Auszug (der Juden aus Ägypten, Titel des 2. Buches Mose) [<grch. exodos „Ausgang, Auszug“] * * * Ẹx|o|dus, der; , se …
34exodus — [[t]e̱ksədəs[/t]] N SING: oft N of n If there is an exodus of people from a place, a lot of people leave that place at the same time. Lieutenant Malcolm said she saw no sign that the exodus from Haiti was abating... The medical system is facing… …
35exodus — noun (singular) a situation in which a lot of people leave a particular place at the same time (+ from/to): the exodus of Jews from Eastern Europe | mass exodus often humorous (=when everybody goes somewhere): I joined in the mass exodus to the… …
36exodus — ex•o•dus [[t]ˈɛk sə dəs[/t]] n. 1) a mass departure or emigration: the summer exodus to the shore[/ex] 2) jud the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under Moses 3) bib (cap.) the second book of the Bible, containing an account of… …
37Exodus — noun a) The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. b) The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus. See Also: Exod …
38exodus — noun A sudden departure of a large number of people. There was an exodus when the show ended …
39EXODUS — (i. e. the Going out), the book of the Old Testament which records the deliverance of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage, and the institution of the moral and ceremonial laws for the nation; consists partly of history and partly of… …
40Exodus — Exo|dus der; , se <über lat. exodus aus gleichbed. gr. éxodos; <nach dem Auszug der Juden aus Ägypten>: 1. (ohne Plur.) Titel des 2. Buchs Mose. 2. Auszug, das Verlassen eines Raumes, eines bestimmten Gebietes usw. (in Bezug auf eine… …
