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Sibboleth

Sibboleth was the way the Ephraimites pronounced the Gileadite password “Shibboleth” (Judges 12:6).

See Shibboleth.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subject Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject

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