AMORITES

Meaning of AMORITES in English

[Judaic] The sons of Canaan (Genesis 10:16). They are mountain peoples, proverbial wrongdoers who my be expelled (Genesis 15:16, Deuteronomy 20:17, Joshua 3:10).

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary. Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии. 2012

MOUNTAIN OF THE AMORITES — specifically mentioned (1:19,20) comp. Deuteronomy 1:44 It seems to be the range which rises abruptly from the plateau of et-Tih, …
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AMORITE, THE AMORITES — (dwellers on the summits, mountaineers), one of the chief nations who possessed the land of Canaan before its conquest by …
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MOAB — geographical name region Jordan E of Dead Sea; in biblical times a kingdom between Edom & the country of the …
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SYRIA — officially Syrian Arab Republic Country, Middle East, along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 …
Английский словарь Британика
MOAB — Kingdom, ancient Palestine. Located east of the Dead Sea in what is now southwestern Jordan, it was bounded by Edom …
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CANAANITE — I. ˈkānəˌnīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Greek Kananitēs, from Kanaan, Chanaan + -itēs -ite 1. in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMORITE — I. ˈaməˌrīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hebrew ĕmōrī + English -ite 1. in the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMORITE — /am"euh ruyt'/ , n. 1. a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOAB — geographical name region Jordan E of Dead Sea; in biblical times a kingdom between Edom & the country of the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
YARQON RIVER — also spelled Yarkon River, Hebrew Nahal Yarqon, river in west-central Israel, the principal perennial stream flowing almost entirely within the …
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SYRIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with two green stars on the white stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
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SUMER — site of the earliest known civilization, located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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MA'DABA — also spelled Medeba town, west-central Jordan. It is situated on a highland plain more than 2,500 feet (760 m) above …
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LEBANON, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-red national flag with a central green cedar tree. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2 to …
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KENYON, DAME KATHLEEN (MARY) — born Jan. 5, 1906, London, Eng. died Aug. 24, 1978, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales English archaeologist who excavated Jericho to its …
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JORDAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped black-white-green national flag with a red hoist triangle bearing a white star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio …
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JERICHO — Arabic Ariha town in the disputed West Bank area occupied by Israel since 1967, on the west side of the …
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JASHAR, BOOK OF — ancient Israelite collection of poems quoted in various books of the Old Testament. Of uncertain etymology, Jashar may mean victorious …
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EBLA — modern Tall Mardikh, also spelled Tell Mardikh ancient city 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. During …
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CANAAN — area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centred on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. …
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BABYLONIA — ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern southern Iraq from around Baghdad to the …
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AMORITE — member of an ancient Semitic-speaking people who dominated the history of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine from about 2000 to about …
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SYRIA — n. officially Syrian Arab Republic Country, Middle East, along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Area: 71,498 sq mi …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOAB — n. Kingdom, ancient Palestine. Located east of the Dead Sea in what is now southwestern Jordan, it was bounded by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
JUDAIC MYTHOLOGY — All the articles available in the Judaic mythology section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Abba Amona; Abel; Abigail; Abigor; Abinadab; Abracadabra; …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
SYRIA — is the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram, as well as for the Greek Zupia . Most …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SIHON — (warrior) king of the Amorites when Israel arrived on the borders of the promised land. (Numbers 21:21) (B.C. 1451.) Shortly …
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NOPHA — (blast), a place mentioned only in (Numbers 21:30) in the remarkable song apparently composed by the Amorites after their conquest …
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MOAB — (of his father), Mo'abites. Moab was the son of the Lot's eldest daughter, the progenitor of the Moabites. Zoar was …
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MEDEBA — (water of rest), a town on the eastern side of Jordan, first alluded to in (Numbers 21:30) Here it seems …
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