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Jeshurun
A poetical name for the people of Israel, used in token of affection, meaning, “the dear upright people” (Deut 32:15; Deut 33:5, Deut 33:26; Isa 44:2).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Deuteronomy 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
- Deuteronomy 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
