BYBLOS

Meaning of BYBLOS in English

/bib"leuhs/ , n.

an ancient Phoenician seaport near the modern city of Beirut, Lebanon: chief port for the export of papyrus: site now partially excavated.

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BYBLOS — modern Jbail or Jubayl Ancient coastal city, eastern Mediterranean Sea. Located north of Beirut , Leb., the site was occupied …
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BYBLOS — modern Jubayl, also spelled Jebeil, biblical Gebal ancient seaport, the site of which is located on the Mediterranean coast about …
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BYBLOS — Библ
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BIBLE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of byblos …
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BIBLE — I. ˈbībəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, Bible, book, from Old French, Bible, from Medieval …
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PSEUDOHIEROGLYPHIC SCRIPT — “+...- noun Etymology: pseud- + hieroglyphic : a syllabic form of writing related to Egyptian hieroglyphics and used especially at …
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BIBLUS — ˈbibləs noun also bib·los “, -ˌläs ( -es ) Etymology: Greek & Latin; Latin biblus, from Greek biblos, byblos — …
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PSEUDO-HIEROGLYPHIC — /sooh'doh huy'euhr euh glif"ik, -huy'reuh-/ , adj. noting or pertaining to a script dating from the second millennium B.C. that …
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BIBLE — /buy"beuhl/ , n. 1. the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments. 2. …
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BIBLE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of byblos …
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BIBLE — [bi.ble] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. ML biblia, fr. Gk, pl. of biblion book, dim. of byblos papyrus, book, fr. …
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BAALAT — [Other] Baalat is queen of the gods. She is associated with books, libraries, and writers. She was worshipped primarily in …
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BAAL-GEBAL — [Other] The supreme goddess of the Phoenician city Byblos around 3000 BCE. Her name means "lady of Gebal", which the …
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