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showbread

cakes or loaves of bread which were always present on a specially dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem
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showbread

Summary

showbread ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (850 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • showbread is a type of food[2].
  • showbread's Commons category is recorded as The Table of Showbread[3].
  • showbread's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[4].
  • showbread's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[5].
  • showbread's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].

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Definition and Type

showbread is a type of food[2].

Why It Matters

showbread ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (850 views/month).[1] showbread has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] showbread is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_showbread_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{showbread}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/showbread}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 27d ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → food
    Described by source → Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 13611
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 13611, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484494|SHOWBREAD (#167484494)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #m"
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