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land of milk and honey

land of milk and honey noun: an imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.

Noun

land of milk and honey

  1. An imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
    • Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land...traditional, Exodus 3:7–8

Origin of land of milk and honey

From English translations of Exodus 3:7-8. Calque of Biblical Hebrew אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ.

Questions about land of milk and honey

What does land of milk and honey mean?
Land of milk and honey means an imaginary or real land of abundance, particularly the Land of Israel.
What part of speech is land of milk and honey?
Land of milk and honey is a noun.

Words near land of milk and honey in the dictionary

  1. Land of Fire
  2. land of fruits and nuts
  3. Land of Israel
  4. Land of Liberty
  5. Land of Lincoln
  6. land of milk and honey
  7. land of Nod
  8. land of opportunity
  9. land of plenty
  10. Land of Punt
  11. Land of Smiles

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