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Shibboleth , in the Bible, test word that the Gileadites made the Ephraimites pronounce. As Ephraimites could not say sh but only s as in "Sibboleth," this was regarded as a test of an Ephraimite; 42,000 Ephraimites were thus detected.

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shibboleth. A word used by Jephthah as a test to distinguish the Gileadites from the Ephraimites, whose pronunciation of it as ‘sibboleth’ betrayed their identity (Jgs. 12: 4ff.). In modern usage it denotes a sectarian or party catchword.

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shibboleth Heb. word used by Jephthah as a test word to distinguish the fleeing Ephraimites, who could not pronounce sh, from his own men, the Gileadites (Judges 2: 4–6) XIV; (gen.) word used as a test for detecting foreigners; catch-word adopted by a party XVII. — Heb. šibbōleth stream.

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