Land of Promise

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Land of Promise is a biblical term referring to the territory promised by God to Abraham and his descendants, often identified with the ancient land of Canaan.

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Label Occurrences
Land of Promise canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical term ⓘ
theological concept ⓘ
associatedEvent Exodus ⓘ
conquest of Canaan ⓘ
associatedFigure Joshua ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Israelites ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

ancient Near East ⓘ
centralFigure Abraham ⓘ
conditionedBy covenant obedience (in many biblical passages) ⓘ
contrastedWith wilderness wandering ⓘ
covenantType Abrahamic covenant ⓘ
eschatologicalUse used as image of future fulfillment ⓘ
firstPromiseBook Book of Genesis ⓘ
firstPromiseChapter Genesis 12 ⓘ
Genesis 15 ⓘ
Genesis 17 ⓘ
hasMoralDimension linked to obedience to God ⓘ
hasReligiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
identifiedWith Canaan ⓘ
Promised Land ⓘ
includesArea land between the Nile and the Euphrates (in some interpretations) ⓘ
land of Canaan ⓘ
linked to: Canaan
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
originalConceptLanguage Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
promisedBy God ⓘ
promisedTo Abraham ⓘ
Isaac ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
descendants of Abraham ⓘ
refersTo territory promised by God to Abraham and his descendants ⓘ
relatedConcept Holy Land ⓘ
Kingdom of God ⓘ
Zion ⓘ
symbolicMeaning blessing ⓘ
rest ⓘ
salvation (in some Christian interpretations) ⓘ
theologicalTheme covenant faithfulness ⓘ
divine promise ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
usedIn Christian preaching ⓘ
Jewish liturgy (conceptually as promised land) ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
systematic theology ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Terra Repromissionis → alsoKnownAs → Land of Promise ⓘ
Terra Repromissionis → nameMeaning → Land of Promise ⓘ