the burning bush

  • 1Burning bush (disambiguation) — Burning Bush may refer to: *In the Book of Exodus, the burning bush is a miracle performed by God on Mount Horeb to inform Moses of his divine calling. *The deciduous shrub Euonymus alatus is sometimes commonly referred to as burning bush because …

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  • 2Burning Bush Colony — The Burning Bush Colony was a short lived Methodist intentional community in Smith and Cherokee counties in Texas, U.S.A., south of Bullard.References* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/ueb7.html Burning Bush Colony] ,… …

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  • 3Burning bush — For other uses, see Burning bush (disambiguation). God Appears to Moses in Burning Bush. Painting from Saint Isaac s Cathedral, Saint Petersburg The burning bush is an object described by the Book of Exodus (3:1 21) as being located on Mount… …

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  • 4burning bush — /ˌbɜnɪŋ ˈbʊʃ/ (say .berning boosh) noun 1. any of various plants which yield a volatile and flammable oil. 2. any of various species of Combretum, a deciduous climber with masses of small red flowers in spring. {from the burning bush in Exodus… …

  • 5BURNING BUSH — BURNING BUSH, the seneh, which is connected with God s revelation to Moses and of which it is stated that The bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed (Ex. 3:1–4). Various identifications have been proposed for the plant. One… …

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  • 6burning bush — n. [after the Biblical burning bush: Ex. 3:2 ] ☆ 1. any of several American shrubs (genus Euonymus) of the staff tree family, having brilliant red fruits or leaves 2. GAS PLANT …

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  • 7burning bush — 1. Bible. a bush that burned with fire and ... was not consumed, from which an angel spoke to Moses. (Ex. 3:2). 2. Also called firebush, summer cypress. a shrubby plant, Kochia scoparia, of the goosefoot family, having dense, feathery foliage… …

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  • 8burning bush — Wahoo Wa*hoo , n. Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.: (a) A certain shrub ({Evonymus atropurpureus}) having purple capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet ariled seeds; called also {burning bush}. (b) Cascara buckthorn. (c)… …

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  • 9burning bush — bush described in the Book of Exodus which burned with fire but was not consumed …

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  • 10burning bush — noun 1. (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses • Topics: ↑Old Testament • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush 2. deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds • Syn: ↑ …

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