exodus
part of speech
noun (an exodus; Exodus — the book)
meaning for a pupil
1) (Bible) Exodus is the second book of the Bible, telling how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, through the Red Sea, to Mount Sinai where God gave the Ten Commandments. tree →
2) An exodus is when a large number of people leave a place at the same time. tree →
sense in the lessons
In RE the Exodus story includes the burning bush, the plagues, the Passover and the parting of the sea. In everyday news, "a mass exodus" describes crowds leaving a city, or fans leaving early. Phrases: the Exodus, a mass exodus, the book of Exodus.
examples
- Moses led the people out of Egypt in the Exodus. tree →
- The book of Exodus tells about the ten plagues. tree →
- There was an exodus from the beach when the rain started. tree →
- At the final whistle, an exodus of fans filled the streets. tree →
- The Ten Commandments are in Exodus. tree →
- Jews remember the Exodus every Passover. tree →
- It is just possible that there may have been a local legend to account for the depopulation by an exodus of the children. tree →
note
Capital E for the book and the Bible event; small e for people leaving in crowds. Plural exoduses (rare). Say "EX-uh-dus".
In the corpora
- Historians disagree about how much of the Exodus story can be traced in Egyptian records; this is disputed.
- "You shall not steal" is one of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:15).
- Exodus is one of the five books of the Torah, so Jews and Christians share the Ten Commandments.
- The commandment "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour" (Exodus 20:16) guards the trust between neighbours.
- Putting right an old wrong still matters, especially when someone else took the blame (Exodus 20:16; Luke 19:8).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «exodus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.