Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
Assyria
country of Assur or Ashur
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Assyria
A kingdom of Asia, of the extent, origin, and duration of which very different accounts have been given by ancient writers. Ctesias and Diodorus Siculus affirm, that the Assyrian monarchy, under Ninus and Semiramis, comprehended the greater part of the known world: but, if this had been the case, it is not likely that Homer and Herodotus would have omitted a fact so remarkable. Assyria is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “country of Assur or Ashur.” This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
ASSYRIA
a kingdom of Asia, of the extent, origin, and duration of which very different accounts have been given by ancient writers. Ctesias and Diodorus Siculus affirm, that the Assyrian monarchy, under Ninus and Semiramis, comprehended the greater part of the known world: but, if this had been the case, it is not likely that Homer and Herodotus would have omitted a fact so remarkable. The sacred records intimate that none of the ancient states or kingdoms were of considerable extent;
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Assyria
Indexed occurrences: 135
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ASSYRIA
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Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Assyria
Meaning:
country of Assur or Ashur
Indexed occurrences: 0
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- Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- concordance
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