Assyrian (18 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN LIBRARIES. See NINEVEH, LIBRARY OF. Multi-Version Concordance Assyrian (18 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyrian.htm - 12k

Carchemish (3 Occurrences)

... The Assyrian form of the name is Kargamis or Gargamis, but its meaning is doubtful, the interpretation "Fort of the god Chemosh" having been suggested before ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carchemish.htm - 13k

Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)

... The Assyrian armies under Esarhaddon, and again under Assur-bani-pal, invaded Egypt and defeated Tirhakah, who afterwards retired into Ethiopia, where he died ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tirhakah.htm - 11k

Ashurbanipal (1 Occurrence)

... His sister's son Tanut-Amon (Tandami) then took up the cause, and after the departure of the Assyrian army he advanced against the Assyrian vassal governors. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashurbanipal.htm - 12k

Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 22, 24, 29, and 2 Chronicles 32:1-8). His own account of this invasion, as given in the Assyrian annals, is in these words: "Because Hezekiah, king of ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sennacherib.htm - 18k

Jareb (2 Occurrences)

... ja'-reb, jar'-eb (yarebh, "let him contend"; Septuagint Iareim): 1. Obscurity of the Name: Is mentioned twice in Hosea (5:13; 10:6) as an Assyrian king who ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jareb.htm - 10k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

... Further, it shows that Aramaic was the ordinary language of Assyrian diplomacy. ... To the end, Assyrian was largely ideographic and hieroglyphic. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Tiglath (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Tiglath-Pileser I. (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about BC 1110). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tiglath.htm - 9k

Pileser (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Tiglath-Pileser I. (not mentioned in Scripture) was the most famous of the monarchs of the first Assyrian empire (about BC 1110). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pileser.htm - 9k

Sargon (1 Occurrence)

... the god] has appointed the king; also "Sarru-kinu, " the legitimate king.) On the death of Shalmaneser (BC 723), one of the Assyrian generals established ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sargon.htm - 10k

Halah (4 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A district of Media to which captive Israelites were transported by the Assyrian kings (2 Kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 Chronicles 5:26). ... biblethesaurus.org/h/halah.htm - 10k

Library

... Libraries had existed in the cities of Babylonia from a remote date, and the Assyrian kings, whose civilization was derived from Babylonia, imitated the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/library.htm - 16k

Tiglathpileser (3 Occurrences)

... tig-lath-pi-le-zer tighlath pil'eser, as the name is read in 2 Kings, tilleghath pilnecer, in 2 Chronicles; Septuagint Algathphellasar; Assyrian, Tukulti-abal-i ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tiglathpileser.htm - 11k

Tiglath-pileser (6 Occurrences)

... tig-lath-pi-le-zer tighlath pil'eser, as the name is read in 2 Kings, tilleghath pilnecer, in 2 Chronicles; Septuagint Algathphellasar; Assyrian, Tukulti-abal-i ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tiglath-pileser.htm - 12k

Asherah (40 Occurrences)

... Authorized Version. This was the name of a sensual Canaanitish goddess Astarte, the feminine of the Assyrian Ishtar. Its symbol ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asherah.htm - 24k

Apharsachites (2 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6; 6:6). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apharsachites.htm - 8k

Nahum (3 Occurrences)

... The subject of this prophecy is the approaching complete and final destruction of Nineveh, the capital of the great and at that time flourishing Assyrian empire ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nahum.htm - 21k

Crafts (2 Occurrences)

... KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRAFTS OF THE BIBLE 1. Written Records and Discoveries of Craftsmanship (1) Jewish (2) Canaanitish and Phoenician (3) Assyrian and Babylonian ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crafts.htm - 30k

Judith (1 Occurrence)

... The 8th and following chapters of the book describe her actions which resulted in the cutting off of the head of Holofernes, the rout of the Assyrian army, and ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judith.htm - 27k

Ulai (2 Occurrences)

... 4. Assyrian References: The Ulai (Assyrian Ulaa or Ulaia) near Susa is regarded as being shown on the sculptures of the Assyrian king Ashur-bani-pal (British ... biblethesaurus.org/u/ulai.htm - 9k

Omri (16 Occurrences)

... were before him.". Beth-omri, "the house" or "city of Omri," is the name usually found on Assyrian inscriptions for Samaria. In the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/omri.htm - 20k

Lud (10 Occurrences)

... The apparently Assyrian colony in Cappadocia about 2000 BC, who used the Babylonian script, may be regarded as supporting this statement, and that there were ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lud.htm - 13k

Ludim (3 Occurrences)

... The apparently Assyrian colony in Cappadocia about 2000 BC, who used the Babylonian script, may be regarded as supporting this statement, and that there were ... biblethesaurus.org/l/ludim.htm - 11k

Targum

... Jastrow derives it from the Assyrian rgm, "to speak aloud," an etymology which suits the origin of the Targums. It is unfortunate ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Telassar (2 Occurrences)

... messengers to Hezekiah, is stated by them to have been inhabited by the "children of Eden." It had been captured by the Assyrian king's forefathers, from whose ... biblethesaurus.org/t/telassar.htm - 9k

Tartan (2 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary An Assyrian word, meaning "the commander-in-chief.". (1.) One of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tartan.htm - 8k

Rezeph (2 Occurrences)

... It was for some time under Assyrian dominion, and appears in a geographical list (2 R 53, 37a) preceded by Arrapba (Arrapachitis) and Halabbu (Halah), and ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rezeph.htm - 9k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)

... Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush, whence Greek Euphrates, meaning "sweet water." The Assyrian name means "the stream," or "the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Medes (15 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MEDES. medz (madhi; Assyrian Amada, Mada; Achaem. Persian Mada; Medoi (Genesis 10:2 2 Kings 17:6 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Media (14 Occurrences)

... 8:20; (4) "Mede," only in Dan. 11:1. We first hear of this people in the Assyrian cuneiform records, under the name of Amada, about BC 840. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/media.htm - 15k

Pul (3 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) An Assyrian king. It has ... Assyria. He was the founder of what is called the second Assyrian empire. He ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pul.htm - 9k

Apharsathchites (1 Occurrence)

... Rawlinson identifies them with the Persians; other scholars deny that any Assyrian king was ever so situated as to have been able to obtain colonists from ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apharsathchites.htm - 8k

Anammelech (1 Occurrence)

... a-nam'-e-lek (`anammelekh = Assyrian Anu-malik, "Anu is the prince"): A Babylonian (?) deity worshipped by the Sepharvites in Samaria, after being transported ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anammelech.htm - 9k

Shalman (1 Occurrence)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary An Assyrian king (Hosea 10:14), identified with Shalmaneser II. ... Hoshea, however, soon after rebelled against his Assyrian conquerer. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shalman.htm - 9k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

... sir'-i-anz ('aram; Suroi; Assyrian Aramu, Arumu, Arimu): 1. Division of Aram 2. A Semitic Race 3. Syria and Israel 4. Under Nabateans and Palmyrenes 5. A Mixed ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

So (23977 Occurrences)

... He was bribed by Hoshea to help him against the Assyrian monarch Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:4). This was a return to the policy that had been successful in the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/so.htm - 9k

Armenia (2 Occurrences)

... 'araraT (Sumerian Ar, "region," plus ar "high," plus Tu, "mountain," plus "high mountainous region"): in Assyrian, UrTu, UrarTu, UrasTu: in AEgyp, Ermenen ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenia.htm - 21k

Calah (2 Occurrences)

... ka'-la (kalach; Chalach, also Chalak or Kalach; in Assyrian Kalhu, Kalha, Kalhi, Kalah): The name of one of the great cities of Nimrod (Genesis 10:11), or ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calah.htm - 14k

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)

... Hezekiah yielded to the demands of the Assyrian king, and agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold (18:14). ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hezekiah.htm - 72k

Country

... Following the usual Assyrian policy, great numbers of the inhabitants were deported from the conquered country, and their places taken by men brought from ... biblethesaurus.org/c/country.htm - 23k

Canonicity

... The latest date in 2 Kings is 562 BC, and the body of the book is probably earlier. (f) Prophecy: (i) Assyrian Age: With the rise of written prophecy a new ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canonicity.htm - 37k

Tarsus (5 Occurrences)

... 12 miles Southeast of Tarsus, was a monument commonly known as the tomb of Sardanapalus, king of Assyria, bearing an inscription "in Assyrian letters" stating ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tarsus.htm - 30k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul ... biblethesaurus.org/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Assyrians (15 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 19:23 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyrians.htm - 11k

Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)

... The next Assyrian ruler to mention the country is Adadnirari III (810 BC), who speaks of all the kings of the Chaldeans, which evidently refers to the various ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldeans.htm - 48k

Acrostic (2 Occurrences)

... The poems in Lamentations undoubtedly go back as far as the 6th century BC, and Assyrian testimony takes us back farther still for acrostic poems of some kind. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acrostic.htm - 15k

Semites

... and many of her gods were acquired from Babylonia; to such an extent was this true that we are indebted to the library of the Assyrian Ashurbanipal for much ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... 3. Probably not in Asia Minor: Another theory is, that the Cush of Genesis 2:13 is the Kusu of certain Assyrian letters, where it seems to designate a district ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Semitic

... and many of her gods were acquired from Babylonia; to such an extent was this true that we are indebted to the library of the Assyrian Ashurbanipal for much ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Samaria (123 Occurrences)

... former owner, but its especial connection with himself as its founder is proved by the designation which it seems Samaria bears in Assyrian inscriptions, Beth ... biblethesaurus.org/s/samaria.htm - 63k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... Supreme (9) Elam Again Defeated, but Recovers (10) The Conflict between Elam and Assyria (11) Sennacherib against Chaldea and Elam (12) Assyrian Friendship and ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Chaldea (8 Occurrences)

... The next Assyrian ruler to mention the country is Adadnirari III (810 BC), who speaks of all the kings of the Chaldeans, which evidently refers to the various ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldea.htm - 25k

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... The name Elam is an Assyrian word meaning "high.". ... On the fall of the Assyrian Empire, Elam passed into the hands of the Persians" (AH Sayce). ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Kir (11 Occurrences)

... Comparing the Assyrian-Babylonian kiru (for qiru), "wall," "inclosure," "interior," or the like, Kir might have the general meaning of a place parted off for ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kir.htm - 17k

Nimrod (4 Occurrences)

... chief god of Babylon, probably its historic founder, just as Asshur, the god of Assyria, appears in verse 11 as the founder of the Assyrian empire (Wellhausen ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nimrod.htm - 11k

Nisroch (2 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Probably connected with the Hebrew word nesher, an eagle. An Assyrian god, supposed to be that represented with the head of an eagle. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nisroch.htm - 8k

Gozan (5 Occurrences)

... The district is that named Guzana by the Assyrians, and Gauzanitis by Ptolemy, West of Nisibis, with which, in the Assyrian geographical list (WAI, II, 53, l ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gozan.htm - 10k

Gebal (3 Occurrences)

... Its king at this time was Zakkar-Baal, and kings of Gebal are mentioned in the Assyrian records, one paying tribute to Ashurnazir-pal (circa 887 BC) and ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gebal.htm - 11k

Togarmah (4 Occurrences)

... Etymological and other difficulties stand in the way of French Delitzsch's identification of Togarmah with the Assyrian Til-garimmu, "hill of Garimmu," or ... biblethesaurus.org/t/togarmah.htm - 9k

Rabshakeh (15 Occurrences)

... Chief of the princes, the name given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Assyrian court; one of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rabshakeh.htm - 14k

Rehoboth-ir (1 Occurrence)

... Unlike the other three, the exact equivalent of this name is not found in Assyrian literature Fried. Delitzsch points out (Wo lag das Paradies? ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehoboth-ir.htm - 8k

Rezin (11 Occurrences)

... Damascus was taken, and Rezin was slain in battle by the Assyrian king, and his people carried into captivity, BC 732 (2 Kings 16:9). Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rezin.htm - 13k

Rehobothir

... Unlike the other three, the exact equivalent of this name is not found in Assyrian literature Fried. Delitzsch points out (Wo lag das Paradies? ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehobothir.htm - 8k

Rosh (5 Occurrences)

... 3. Probably the Assyrian Rasu: Notwithstanding objections on account of its eastern position, in all probability Fried. Delitzsch's ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rosh.htm - 11k

Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)

... except that he settled certain colonists in Samaria (Ezra 4:2). But from the monuments it appears that he was the most powerful of all the Assyrian monarchs. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esarhaddon.htm - 13k

Ekron (20 Occurrences)

... It is mentioned on monuments in BC 702, when Sennacherib set free its king, imprisoned by Hezekiah in Jerusalem, according to the Assyrian record. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ekron.htm - 17k

Enemessar

... The writer of Tobit makes Sennacherib the son (1 15), as well as the successor of Enemessar, whereas, according to the Assyrian inscriptions, Sennacherib was ... biblethesaurus.org/e/enemessar.htm - 7k

Maher-shalal-hash-baz (2 Occurrences)

... to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isaiah 8:1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/maher-shalal-hash-baz.htm - 8k

Magi (4 Occurrences)

... Rabh Magh in Jeremiah 39:3 does not mean "Chief Magus," but is in Assyrian Rab mugi (apparently "commander"; compare tab mugi sa narkabti, "commander of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magi.htm - 26k

Mahershalalhashbaz (2 Occurrences)

... to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isaiah 8:1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mahershalalhashbaz.htm - 8k

Pethor (2 Occurrences)

... Pethor is identified with the Pedru(i) of the geographical lists of Thothmes III (circa 1500 BC) and the Pitru (Pithru) of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser II ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pethor.htm - 10k

Persia (30 Occurrences)

... One of their chiefs, Teispes, conquered Elam in the time of the decay of the Assyrian Empire, and established himself in the district of Anzan. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persia.htm - 20k

Barak (14 Occurrences)

... flash"): The name occurs in Sabeanbarqac, in Palmyrene baraq, and in Punic Barcas, as surname of Hamilcar; and as Divine name in Assyrian Ramman-Birqu and Gibil ... biblethesaurus.org/b/barak.htm - 14k

Chesed (1 Occurrence)

... The early Babylonian form Kasdu appears in Assyrian as Kaldu or Kaldu. English Versions of the Bible follows the Assyrian and Greek ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chesed.htm - 8k

Cupbearer (10 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cupbearer.htm - 12k

Cup-bearer (5 Occurrences)

Cup-bearer. << Cupbearer, Cup-bearer. Cupbearers >>. Easton's Bible Dictionary An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cup-bearer.htm - 8k

Calneh (2 Occurrences)

... It was finally taken and probably destroyed by one of the Assyrian kings (Amos 6:2). It is called Calno (Isaiah 10:9) and Canneh (Ezek. 27:23). Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calneh.htm - 11k

Chemarim (1 Occurrence)

... Black, (Zephaniah 1:4; rendered "idolatrous priests" in 2 Kings 23:5, and "priests" in Hosea 10:5). Some derive this word from the Assyrian Kamaru, meaning "to ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chemarim.htm - 10k

Club (7 Occurrences)

... sharp arrow. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Isaiah 10:5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment! (See NIV). Isaiah 10 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/club.htm - 9k

Code (6 Occurrences)

... 1. Discovery of the Code: When Professor Meissner published, in 1898, some fragments of cuneiform tablets from the library of the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal ... biblethesaurus.org/c/code.htm - 40k