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Shibboleth
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A word by which the Gileadites distinguished an Ephraimite from his inability to sound the sh in the word, and so discovered whether he was friend or foe; hence it has come to denote a party cry or watchword.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shibboleth'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/shibboleth.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shibboleth'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/shibboleth.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.