English-Thai Dictionary

exodus

N การ จากไป ของ ผู้คน เป็น จำนวนมาก  emigration flight kan-jak-pai-kong-phu-kon-pen-jam-nuan-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXODUS, EXODY

n.[Gr. way. ] Departure from a place; particularly, the departure of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses. 1. The second book of the Old Testament, which gives a history of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.
Ex officio, [L.] By virtue of office, and without special authority. A justice of the peace may ex officio take sureties of the peace.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXODUS

Ex "o *dus, n. Etym: [L., the book of Exodus, Gr. Skr. a-sad to approach. ]

 

1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus ), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

 

2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Exodus

Ex o dus |ˈeksədəs ˈɛksədəs | the second book of the Bible, which recounts the departure of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, their journey across the Red Sea and through the wilderness led by Moses, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. The events have been variously dated by scholars between about 1580 and 1200 bc . ORIGIN Old English, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek exodos, from ex- ‘out of ’ + hodos ‘way. ’

 

exodus

ex o dus |ˈeksədəs ˈɛksədəs | ▶noun a mass departure of people, esp. emigrants. • (the Exodus ) the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Greek (see Exodus ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Exodus

Exodus |ˈɛksədəs |(abbrev.: Exod. ) the second book of the Bible, which recounts the departure of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, their journey across the Red Sea and through the wilderness led by Moses, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. The events have been variously dated by scholars between about 1580 and 1200 bc . ORIGIN Old English, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek exodos, from ex- ‘out of ’ + hodos ‘way ’.

 

exodus

exodus |ˈɛksədəs | ▶noun a mass departure of people: the annual exodus of sun-seeking Canadians to Florida. • ( the Exodus ) the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Greek (see Exodus ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

exodus

exodus noun a mass exodus of refugees from the stricken city: mass departure, withdrawal, evacuation, leaving; migration, emigration; flight, escape, fleeing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

exodus

exodus noun a mass exodus of refugees from the stricken city: mass departure, withdrawal, evacuation, leaving, exit; migration, emigration, hegira, diaspora; flight, escape, retreat, fleeing; S. African informal chicken run. ANTONYMS arrival.

 

Duden Dictionary

Exodus

Ex o dus , Exo dus Substantiv, maskulin , der |E xodus |der Exodus; Genitiv: des Exodus, Plural: die Exodusse 1 ohne Plural lateinisch exodus < griechisch éxodos = Ausgang; nach dem 2. Buch Mose, das den Auszug der Juden aus Ägypten schildert 2. Buch Mose 2 bildungssprachlich Auszug (einer Gesamtheit ) der Exodus der deutschen Bevölkerung aus Danzig | der Exodus der Opposition [aus dem Plenum ] (das demonstrative Verlassen des Plenums )

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exodus

ex o dus /éksədəs /〖原義は 2 〗名詞 1 U 〖時にan ～〗(一時に多数の人々が )出て行くこと, 集団移動 ; (移民団などの )出国 ▸ a summer exodus of people from the city to the seaside 夏の都会から海への人出 2 〖E- 〗出エジプト記 〘旧約聖書の一書 〙; 〖the E- 〗(そこに描かれた )イスラエル民族のエジプト脱出 .