fleshpots of Egypt

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• fleshpots — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ places providing a hedonistic experience. ORIGIN with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt mentioned in the Book of Exodus) …   English terms dictionary

• fleshpots — plural noun places in which hedonistic experiences are readily available. Origin C16: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3) …   English new terms dictionary

• Egypt — • Provides information on history, religion, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Egypt     Egypt     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Exodus, book of — The second book of the Pentateuch. It takes its title from the Greek LXX and means ‘departure’; it is divided by scholars, like other parts of the Pentateuch, into the sources J, E, and P, with the greatest parts in this book being assigned to J… …   Dictionary of the Bible

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• Fleischtopf — Sich nach den Fleischtöpfen Ägyptens (nach den ägyptischen Fleischtöpfen) (zurück)sehnen: sich eine vergangene, glücklichere Zeit zurückwünschen; vgl. niederländisch ›terugverlangen naar de vleespotten van Egypte‹; englisch ›to be sick for the… …   Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

• fleshpot — lit. pot in which flesh is boiled, hence luxuries regarded with envy, especially in fleshpots of Egypt, from Exodus xvi:3: Whan we sat by ye Flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate. [Coverdale translation, 1535] …   Etymology dictionary

• MEAT — (Heb. בָּשָׂר, basar), the flesh of animals permitted for consumption. (For its meaning as human flesh and symbolic connotation, see flesh .) The Talmud points out (Sanh. 59b) that according to the biblical account the consumption of meat was… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• UTKIN, JOSEPH PAVLOVICH — (1903–1944), Soviet Russian poet. Born in Manchuria, Utkin was the son of an employee of the Russian owned Chinese Eastern Railroad and was raised in Irkutsk, far from the main centers of Jewish life. Nevertheless, he succeeded in learning enough …   Encyclopedia of Judaism