English words from Biblical Hebrew
- scapegoatIn the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
- Ancient of DaysGod, as the One who existed before the beginning of time.
- exilarchThe leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
- fire and brimstoneThe traditional punishments of Hell.
- Garden of EdenAn idyllic place wherein innocence and perfection reign; any delightful region or abode; a pastoral utopia; an Arcadia.
- holy of holiesThe most sacred place within a sacred building.
- King of Terrorsdeath
- Land of IsraelA region in the Middle East promised by God to the descendants of Abraham.
- land of milk and honeyAn imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
- land of the livingThe mortal world, as opposed to the afterlife.
- lily of the valleyA flowering plant, Convallaria majalis, with richly fragrant pendant bells.
- lord of the fliesBeelzebub; Satan
- rose of SharonA flower of uncertain kind: perhaps Pancratium maritimum, which grows on the Sharon Plain of the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- sleep with one's fathersTo be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die; also, to be dead.
- Ten CommandmentsA particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.
- your servantUsed as a greeting, especially to a lady.