BABYLONIANS

Meaning of BABYLONIANS in English

the inhabitants of Babylon, a race of Shemitic origin, who were among the colonists planted in the cities of Samaria by the conquering Assyrian. (Ezra 4:9)

Smith's Bible English dictionary. Английский библейский словарь Смита. 2012

BABYLONIANS — Babylonians
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BABYLONIANS — Babylonians
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BABYLONIANS — Babylonians
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BABYLONIANS — Babylonians
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UR — Ancient city and district, Sumer , southern Babylonia . It was situated on a former channel of the Euphrates River …
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TUNNEL — I Horizontal or nearly horizontal underground or underwater passageway. Tunnels are used for mining, as passageways for trains and motor …
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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 …
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SPELT — Subspecies ( Triticum aestivum spelta ) of wheat that has lax spikes and spikelets containing two light-red kernels. Triticum dicoccon …
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SIDON — Arabic Ṣaydā Seaport (pop., latest est.: 140,000), southwestern Lebanon. Located on the site of a city founded in the 3rd …
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PHOENICIA — Ancient region, Middle East. Corresponding to modern Lebanon, with adjoining parts of Syria and Israel, its chief cities were Sidon, …
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MOABITES — Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in W-central Jordan). The Moabites' culture dates …
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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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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGIONS — Religious beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and later of their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited …
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MESOPOTAMIA — Region between the Euphrates rivers in the Middle East, constituting the greater part of modern Iraq. The region's location and …
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LITERACY — Ability to read and write. The term may also refer to familiarity with literature and to a basic level of …
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JUDAISM
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JUDAH — I One of the 12 tribes of Israel , descended from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob . The tribe …
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JUDAEA — or Judea Southern division of ancient Palestine successively under Persian, Greek, and Roman rule. It was bounded on the north …
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JERUSALEM — I Hebrew Yerushalayim Arabic Al-Quds City (pop., 1999 est.: 633,700), capital of Israel (see below). Located in the heart of …
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HABAKKUK — flourished 6th or 7th century BC One of the 12 Minor Prophets of the Hebrew scriptures, traditional author of the …
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FERTILE CRESCENT — Region, Middle East . The term describes a crescent-shaped area of arable land, probably more agriculturally productive in antiquity than …
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WEEK — period of seven days, a unit of time artificially devised with no astronomical basis. The origin of the term is …
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ARITHMETIC FUNCTION — any mathematical function defined for integers, and dependent upon those properties of the integer itself as a number, in contrast …
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ZEDEKIAH — flourished 6th century BC original name Mattaniah king of Judah (597587/586 BC) whose reign ended in the Babylonian destruction of …
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SAITE DYNASTY — (664525 BC), the 26th dynasty of ancient Egypt, a native dynasty between the reigns of the earlier Cushites, or Ethiopians, …
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NECHO II — flourished 7th century BC king of Egypt (reigned 610595 BC), and a member of the 26th dynasty, who unsuccessfully attempted …
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MOABITE — member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan) and …
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MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and …
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JUDAH — one of the 12 tribes of Israel, descended from Judah, who was the fourth son born to Jacob and his …
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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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ARISTOPHANES — born c. 450 BC died c. 388 BC the greatest representative of ancient Greek comedy, and the one whose works …
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