Jeshurun

alternative archaic Iesurun · alternative archaic Ieshurun · alternative Jesurun

1. poeticbiblicalThe Israelites, taken collectively.

   There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 33:26

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   But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:15

2. poeticbiblicalThe Land of Israel.

   And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 33:5

3. poeticbiblicalJacob (one of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca).

   Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 44:2