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Icon and Nehushtan

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Difference between Icon and Nehushtan

Icon vs. Nehushtan

An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn "image") is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, and certain Eastern Catholic churches. In the biblical Books of Kings, the Nehushtan (or Nohestan) (Hebrew: נחושתן or נחש הנחושת) is the derogatory name given to the bronze serpent on a pole first described in the Book of Numbers, which God told Moses to erect to so that the Israelites who saw it would be protected from dying from the bites of the "fiery serpents" which God had sent to punish them for speaking against God and Moses.

Similarities between Icon and Nehushtan

Icon and Nehushtan have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Cult image, Idolatry, Jesus.

Cult image

In the practice of religion, a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents.

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Idolatry

Idolatry literally means the worship of an "idol", also known as a cult image, in the form of a physical image, such as a statue or icon.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Icon and Nehushtan Comparison

Icon has 177 relations, while Nehushtan has 72. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 1.20% = 3 / (177 + 72).

References

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