Definition of exodus Exodus

/ɛˈksʌdʌs/ - [eksudus] - Ex•o•dus

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What does exodus mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: exoduses
exodus - the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
		Book of Exodus
		laws, pentateuch, torah (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services
exodus - a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
		hegira, hejira

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Wiktionary

exodus (Noun)
A sudden departure of a large number of people.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

exodus (n.)
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.
exodus (n.)
The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

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exodus
A sudden departure of a large number of people.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

exodus
eks′o-dus, n. a going out or departure, esp. that of the Israelites from Egypt (1491 B.C., Usher): the second book of the Old Testament.—adj. Exod′ic.—n. Ex′odist, one who goes out: an emigrant. [L.,—Gr. exodos—ex, out, hodos, a way.]

Wikipedia

Exodus is the second book in the Torah, or Books of Moses. Exodus in Hebrew is called "Shemot".

Exodus means 'going out' in Hebrew. It is about how the Hebrew people were led out of Egypt by God. Moses, their leader, hears God's words and in turn tells to the Israelites. Exodus ends with God's laws and his instructions on how to build a holy ark called the Ark of the Covenant.

Account.

Exodus starts with the birth of Moses, and how the Hebrew people were made slaves by a new Pharaoh of Egypt when they lived there. The Pharaoh made the Hebrews work for them very hard. Moses, who was brought up by an Egyptian princess, later killed a Egyptian slave-driver. He escaped from Eygpt and lived away from his people in Midian for Jethro, his father-in-law.

One day, while Moses was tending his flocks, God appeared in a burning bush to Moses and instructs him to lead the Israelites out of Eygpt. As Moses had no confidence in doing this task, God gives him his brother Aaron to help him. Aaron was a good talker and helped Moses speak to the Pharaoh.

When he returned to Egypt, Moses asked the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, but the Pharaoh refused. Through God's power, Moses causes ten plagues to come on Egypt.

The last plague was the death of all the firstborns in Egypt. Only the Israelites' firstborns were spared, as they have the blood of a young lamb on their door when this happened. The Pharaoh finally decided to let the Israelites go.

While the Israelites were crossing the Red Sea,