| 单词 | chosen people |
| 释义 | chosen peoplenoun (often initial capital letters)the Israelites. Exodus 19. Origin of chosen peopleFirst recorded in 1525–35 Words nearby chosen peoplechorusmaster, chorus pedal, Chorzów, chose, chosen, chosen people, chosisme, Chosŏn, Chota Nagpur, chott, Chotzen syndrome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for chosen peoplechosen people pl nany of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for chosen peopleChosen People A term applied to the Jews (see also Jews). According to the Old Testament, God chose the descendants of Abraham through the line of Isaac and Jacob — the ancestors of today's Jews — as the people through whom he would reveal himself to the world. God therefore freed them from slavery in Egypt (see also Egypt) and led them into the Promised Land. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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