HADAD

Meaning of HADAD in English

[Other] The Syrian god of lightning, rain and fertility. He was identified by the Romans with Jupiter.

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

HADAD — also spelled Had, Hadda, or Haddu the Old Testament Rimmon, West Semitic god of storms, thunder, and rain, the consort …
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HADAD — (mighty), originally the indigenous appellation of the sun among the Syrians, and thence transferred to the king as the highest …
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HADAD — joy; noise; clamor
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BEN-HADAD I — died c. 841 BC Assyrian Adad-idri king of Damascus who led a coalition against the invading forces of the Assyrian …
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BAAL-HADAD — [Other] The Syrian god of storms and thunder, called "lord of thunder". According the Ugaristic texts he resides on Mount …
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KARKAR — or Qarqar Ancient fortress on the Orontes River , western Syria. A strategic outpost, it was attacked by the Assyrians …
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ATARGATIS — Goddess of northern Syria who was worshiped at Hierapolis, northeast of Aleppo, along with her consort, Hadad. Primarily a goddess …
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ADAB — Islamic concept that became a literary genre distinguished by its broad humanitarian concerns; it developed during the brilliant height of …
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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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PALMYRA — town (township), Wayne county, western New York, U.S., on the New York State Canal System, 20 miles (32 km) east-southeast …
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KARKAR — also spelled Qarqar, ancient fortress on the Orontes River, northwest of Hamah, in western Syria. It was the site of …
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HAZAEL — flourished 9, th century BC king of Damascus, whose history is given at length in the Bible, II Kings 813. …
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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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DAMASCUS, GREAT MOSQUE OF — also called Umayyad Mosque, the earliest surviving stone mosque, built between AD 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid …
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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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BAALBEK — Arabic Ba'labakk, Greek Heliopolis (City of the Sun), principal town and agricultural centre of al-Biqa' muhafazah (governorate), Lebanon, and site …
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ATARGATIS — great goddess of northern Syria; her chief sanctuary was at Hierapolis (modern Manbij), northeast of Aleppo, where she was worshiped …
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ARAMAEAN — one of a confederacy of tribes that spoke a North Semitic language (Aramaic) and, between the 11th and 8th century …
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AHAB — flourished 9th century BC also spelled Achab seventh king of the northern kingdom of Israel (reigned c. 874c. 853 BC), …
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KARKAR — or Qarqar Ancient fortress on the Orontes River , western Syria. A strategic outpost, it was attacked by the Assyrians …
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ATARGATIS — Goddess of northern Syria who was worshiped at Hierapolis, northeast of Aleppo, along with her consort, Hadad. Primarily a goddess …
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TESHUB — [Other] The ancient Hittite name for the storm-god Hadad. His wife is the goddess Hebat.
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RIMMON — [Mesopotamian] The Babylonian god who presided over storms. In the Old Testament, a name for the ancient Near Eastern storm-god …
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RAMMAN — [Mesopotamian] In the Gilgamesh Epic, the god of winds, thunder, and storms. See: Adad or Hadad.
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OTHER MYTHOLOGIES
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RIMMON — a deity worshipped by the Syrians of Damascus, where there was a temple or house of Rimmon. (2 Kings 5:18) …
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NAAMAN — (pleasantness). â "Naaman the Syrian." (Luke 4:27) Naaman was commander-in-chief of the army of Syria, and was nearest to the …
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JOASH — (to whom Jehovah hastens, i.e. to help), contracted from Jehoash. â Son of Ahaziah king of Judah (B.C. 884), and …
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HAZAEL — (whom God sees), a king of Damascus who reigned from about B.C. 886 to B.C. 840. He appears to have …
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BENHADAD — (son of Hadad), the name of three kings of Damascus. BENHADAD I., King of Damascus, which in his time was …
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AHAB — (uncle). â Son of Omri, seventh king of Israel, reigned B.C. 919-896. He married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal king of …
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