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Definition of Shiloh
1. Noun. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory.
Generic synonyms: Pitched Battle
Group relationships: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War Between The States
Geographical relationships: Tennessee, Tn, Volunteer State
Definition of Shiloh
1. n. A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as "the Messiah," or as the city "Shiloh," or as "Rest."
Definition of Shiloh
1. Interjection. (context: Bible) (non-gloss definition A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, variously interpreted as "the Messiah", "Shiloh" (a city), or "rest".) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Shiloh
1. A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as "the Messiah," or as the city "Shiloh," or as "Rest." Origin: Heb. Shiloh, literally, quiet, rest, fr. Shalah to rest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiloh
Literary usage of Shiloh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"shiloh. In the AV of the Bible, Shi- loh is once used as the name of a person,
... The word " shiloh occurs nowhere else in Hebrew as the name or ..."
2. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"On the field of shiloh, for the first time, two great American armies were to
engage in a mighty struggle that would measure up to the most important in the ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"The word " shiloh occurs nowhere else in Hebrew as the name or appellation of a
person. 2dly. The only other Hebrew word, apparently, of the same form, ..."
4. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"A third explanation of shiloh, on the a*- sumption that it is not the name of a
person. ... The translation, then, of shiloh as the name of a city is to l>e ..."
5. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buel (1887)
"The " Hornets' Nest," from photo, lent by Captain AT Andreas (KJ Meeker) — The
Union Gun-boats at shiloh on the Evening of the First Day, after lithograph ..."
6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"An annual " feast of the Lord " was observed at shiloh, and one of these celebrations
was made an opportunity for the remnants of the defeated Benjamites to ..."
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