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- Dictionaryex·o·dus/ˈeksədəs/
noun
- 1. a mass departure of people, especially emigrants: "the annual exodus of sun-seeking Canadians to Florida"
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EXODUS definition: 1. the fact of a large number of people leaving a place or situation: 2. the second book of the…. Learn more.
1. capitalized : the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table. 2. : a mass departure : emigration. Did you know? Don't Leave Without the History of Exodos.
Exodus. The second book of the Old Testament; it tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt (see also Egypt ), made possible by the ten plagues of Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea. Moses led them, and their destination was the Promised Land.
EXODUS meaning: 1. the fact of a large number of people leaving a place or situation: 2. the second book of the…. Learn more.
Jul 5, 2024 · Exodus, the liberation of the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt in the 13th century bce, under the leadership of Moses; also, the Old Testament book of the same name.
Departure of the Israelites ( David Roberts, 1829) The Exodus ( Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, Yəṣīʾat Mīṣrayīm: lit. 'Departure from Egypt' [a]) is the founding myth [b] of the Israelites whose narrative is spread over four of the five books of the Pentateuch (specifically, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy ).
exodus (from…) (to…) a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time. the mass exodus from Paris to the country in the summer; The play was so awful that there was a general exodus from the theatre at the interval.
Exodus is the title of the second book of the Bible’s Old Testament in which the Israelites escape slavery in Egypt, but the term can refer to any sudden departure of a group of people. This noun is often coupled with the adjective mass, as in “mass exodus,” which usually indicates that almost everyone leaves at the same time.
If there is an exodus of people from a place, a lot of people leave that place at the same time.
Definition of exodus noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
