10 Letter Words for Shibboleth
shibboleth
9 Letter Words for Shibboleth
sibboleth
8 Letter Words for Shibboleth
bibelots, sebolith, selihoth, shithole
7 Letter Words for Shibboleth
betoils, bibelot, bilboes, bolshie, bothies, elohist, eoliths, hobbies, hobbish, hobbits, hobbles, holiest, hostile, lobbies, lobbish, stibble, thibles
6 Letter Words for Shibboleth
beblot, besoil, betoil, bibles, biblos, bilbos, bilobe, bliest, blites, blithe, boblet, boites, boleti, botels, bothie, eoiths, eolith, estoil, helios, helots, hithes, hobbet, hobbil, hobbit, hobble, hobits, holies, holist, hostel, hostie, hostle, hotels, isohel, lhotse, libbet, lithes, lithos, obeish, shiloh, shohet, sobeit, tehsil, thible, thiols, thisbe, tholes, tobies, toiles
5 Letter Words for Shibboleth
belts, besit, besot, beths, betis, betso, bhels, bible, bibos, bilbo, biles, bilos, bilsh, biose, bites, bitos, blebs, blets, blibe, blist, blite, blobs, blote, blots, bobet, boils, boise, boist, boite, boles, bolis, bolti, bolts, bosie, botel, btise, eblis, eoith, ethos, heils, heist, helio, helis, helos, helot, heths, hilts, hithe, hoise, hoist, holes, holts, hosel, hotei, hotel, islet, islot, istle, leish, lesbo, liesh, liest, lites, lithe, litho, liths, lobes, lotes, obeli, obits, sheol, sheth, shiel, shole, shote, sieth, sithe, slite, slote, sloth, solei, sotie, steil, stilb, stile, stole, teils, teloi, telos, theol, theos, thiol, thole, tholi, those, tiles, toile, toils, toise, toles
4 Letter Words for Shibboleth
bbls, bels, belt, best, beth, bets, bhel, bibl, bibs, bile, bilo, biol, bios, bish, bist, bite, bito, bits, bleb, bleo, blet, blit, blob, blot, bobs, bohs, boil, bole, bolt, bose, bosh, bote, both, boti, bots, ebbs, elhi, elts, eths, hehs, heil, heli, helo, hest, heth, hets, hies, hile, hilt, hish, hist, hits, hobs, hoes, hohs, hoit, hole, holi, hols, holt, hose, host, hote, hoth, hoti, hots, htel, ilot, ilth, isle, isth, itel, leis, leos, lest, leto, lets, libs, lies, lish, list, lite, lith, lits, lobe, lobi, lobs, lose, losh, lost, lote, loti, lots, obes, obis, obit, obli, oils, oles, otis, seil, seit, selt, seth, shet, shih, shit, shoe, shot, sibb, sile, silo, silt, siol, site, sith, slit, slob, sloe, slot, soil, sole, soth, stib, stie, stob, teil, teli, tels, theb, thio, this, thob, thos, ties, tile, tils, tobe, toes, toil, tole, tose, tosh, tshi
3 Letter Words for Shibboleth
bbl, bbs, bel, bes, bet, bib, bio, bis, bit, blo, bls, blt, bob, boe, boh, bol, bos, bot, bsh, btl, ebb, ebs, ehs, elb, eli, els, elt, eos, est, eth, heh, hei, hel, heo, hes, het, hie, his, hit, hob, hoe, hoh, hoi, hol, hos, hot, hts, ihs, ile, ilo, ios, ise, ish, isl, iso, ist, its, lbs, lei, leo, les, let, lhb, lib, lie, lis, lit, lob, loe, los, lot, lst, obb, obe, obi, obl, obs, oes, ohs, oie, oil, ois, ole, ose, osi, sbe, sei, sel, set, she, shh, shi, sho, sht, sib, sie, sil, sit, sle, slt, sob, sol, sot, tbs, tel, tes, thb, the, tho, tib, tie, til, tis, tlo, tob, toe, toi, tol, tos, tsh, tsi
Definitions for Shibboleth
[1] a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
[2] a slogan; catchword.
[3] a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth.
[4] a belief, principle, or practice which is commonly adhered to but which is thought by some people to be inappropriate or out of date
[5] a custom, phrase, or use of language that acts as a test of belonging to, or as a stumbling block to becoming a member of, a particular social class, profession, etc
Words related to Shibboleth
saying, truism, practice, custom, catchword, watchword, phrase, password
Words nearby Shibboleth
shiah, shiai, shiatsu, shibah, shibah asar betammuz, shibboleth, shicer, shicker, shickered, shidduch, shied
Origin of Shibboleth
< Hebrew shibbōleth literally, freshet, a word used by the Gileadites as a test to detect the fleeing Ephraimites, who could not pronounce the sound sh (Judges 12:4–6)
Word origin for Shibboleth
C14: from Hebrew, literally: ear of grain; the word is used in the Old Testament by the Gileadites as a test word for the Ephraimites, who could not pronounce the sound sh
Synonyms for Shibboleth
catchword, custom, password, phrase, practice, saying, truism, watchword, party cry
