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Archevites - ‘The people of
Erech’ (wh. Some of the inhabitants of
Erech were deported as colonists to Samaria by king Ashurbanipal (668 626). Their name is mentioned in Ezra 4:9 along with dwellers in Babylon; and the deportation of Archevites most probably indicates that
Erech sided with Babylon in the revolt of Samas-sum-ukin against the Assyr
Archevites - NAS, NIV, NRSV translate Archevites as people or men of
Erech. See
Erech
Archevites - Men of
Erech, transplanted to Samaria (Ezra 4:9)
Erech -
Erech (ç'rek), enduring. Jerome identifies
Erech with Edessa, in Mesopotamia; others identify it with Orchoe or Orech of the Greek and Roman geographers
Ellasar - It is supposed that the old Chaldean town of Larsa was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated nearly half-way between Ur (now Mugheir) and
Erech, on the left bank of the Euphrates. This town is represented by the mounds of Senkereh, a little to the east of
Erech
Erech -
Erech . The people of
Erech are called Archevites in Ezra 4:9
Archevite - One of the nations planted by the Assyrians in Samaria (Ezra 4:9 ); the men of
Erech
ar'Chevites - perhaps the inhabitants of
Erech, some of whom had been placed as colonists in Samaria
Erech - "The beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. Some bricks bear the monogram "the moon," corresponding to Hebrew yareach , from whence perhaps
Erech is derived
ar'Chite, the - (as if from a place named
Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's friend Hushai
ar'Chi - It designates a clan perhaps originally from
Erech in Babylonia, of which Hushai was one
Ellasar - The Chaldeaan Larsa, Greek Larissa, a town of lower Babylon, half way between Ur (Mugheir) and
Erech (Warka) on the left bank of the Euphrates
Ellasar - It is supposed that Larsa or Larissu in Lower Babylonia, between Ur and
Erech, was its capital, which is identified with ruins at Senkereh, about 31 30' N, 45 50' E
Shinar - Its chief towns were Babel,
Erech and Accad, and its most famous warrior was Nimrod (Genesis 10:9-10; Genesis 11:1-9; Genesis 14:1; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 1:2)
el'Lasar - Larsa was a town of lower Babylonia or Chaldea, situated nearly halfway between Ur ( Mugheir ) and
Erech ( Warka ), on the left bank of the Euphrates
Nimrod - He established an empire in Shinar, the classical Babylonia, the chief towns being Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh: and extended this empire northward along the course of the Tigris over Assyria, where he founded a second group of capitals, Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah, and Resen
Nim'Rod - , from which we learn (1) that he was a Cushite; (2) that he established an empire in Shinar (the classical Babylonia) the chief towns being Babel,
Erech, Accad and Calneh; and (3) that he extended this empire northward along the course of the Tigris over Assyria, where he founded a second group of capitals, Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calah and Resen
Shinar - " Among its cities were Babel (Babylon),
Erech or Orech (Orchoi), Calneh or Calno (probably Niffer), and Accad
Erech - Its original Accadian name was UNU, UNUG, or UNUGA;the Babylonians and Assyrians called it URUKor ARKU; hence the Hebrew name
Erech, and the Arab Warka
Shi'Nar - ( Genesis 11:3 ) Among the cities were Babel (Babylon),
Erech or Orech (Orchoe), Calneh or Calno (probably Niffer ), and Accad, the site of which is unknown
Calneh, Calno - Calneh is associated in Genesis 10:10 with Babylon,
Erech, and Accad as the earliest cities of Shinar
Nimrod - He seems to have feared neither God nor man; to gather around him a host of adventurers, and extended his conquests into the land of Shinar, where he founded or fortified Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh
Cities - (Genesis 4:17 ) After the confusion of tongues the descendants of Nimrod founded Babel,
Erech, Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, and Asshur, a branch from the same stock, built Nineveh, Rehoboth-by-the-river, Calah and Resen, the last being "a great city
Accad - One of the cities in the land of Shinar, with Babel,
Erech, and Calneh, the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom (Genesis 10:10)
Cities - After the confusion of tongues the descendants of Nimrod founded Babel,
Erech, Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar, and Asshur, a branch from the same stock, built Nineveh, Rehoboth-by-the-river, Calah and Resen, the last being "a great city
Hunting - (Genesis 10:9) And as the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and
Erech, and other places, it is very probable, that be was a mighty conqueror also of men, It is worthy remark, that when the Lord speaks: of sending a scourge upon the earth, he speaks of his instrument to punish under the character of hunters
Races - North Semites : ( a ) Babylonians (Shinar, Accad, Bahel,
Erech); ( b ) Assyrians (Asshur, Nineveh, Calah); ( c ) Aramæans (Syrians); ( d ) Canaanitish peoples (1) Ammonites, (2) Amorites, (3) Canaanites, (4) Edomites, (5) Hivites, (6) Israelites, (7) Jebusites, (8) Moabites, (9) PhÅnicians (Tyre, Sidon, Arvad, etc
Chaldea - The land of Shinar adjoined Chaldea on the north, in which were the early cities of Babel,
Erech, Accad and Calneh
Accad - Nimrod's kingdom embraced Babel,
Erech, Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar
Accad - ) "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and
Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar," Genesis 10:10 . It was not Babylon; it was not
Erech; it was not Calneh
Chalde'a, - The most important of those which have been identified are Borsippa ( Birs-Nimrun ), Sippara or Sepharvaim ( Mosaib ), Cutha ( Ibrahim ), Calneh ( Niffer ),
Erech ( Warka ), Ur ( Mugheir ), Chilmad ( Kalwadha ), Larancha ( Senkereh ), Is ( Hit ), Durabe ( Akkerkuf ); but besides these there were a multitude of others, the sites of which have not been determined
Nimrod - The nearest Babylonian parallel to the figure of Nimrod as yet discovered is Gilgamesh , the tyrant of
Erech, whose adventures are recorded in the famous series of tablets to which the Deluge-story belongs, and who is supposed to be the hero so often represented on seals and palace-reliefs in victorious combat with a lion
Chedorlaomer - , recovered an image of Nana captured by the Elamires from Uruk =
Erech 1635 years previously, i
Babylon, Kingdom of - Among its chief cities may be mentioned Ur (now Mugheir or Mugayyar), on the western bank of the Euphrates; Uruk, or
Erech (Genesis 10:10 ) (now Warka), between Ur and Babylon; Larsa (now Senkereh), the Ellasar of Genesis 14:1 , a little to the east of
Erech; Nipur (now Niffer), south-east of Babylon; Sepharvaim (2 Kings 17:24 ), "the two Sipparas" (now Abu-Habba), considerably to the north of Babylon; and Eridu, "the good city" (now Abu-Shahrein), which lay originally on the shore of the Persian Gulf, but is now, owing to the silting up of the sand, about 100 miles distant from it
Babylon - tradition ( Genesis 10:10 ), it was as old as
Erech, Akkad, and Calneh. Native tradition makes it as old as
Erech and Nippur, the latter being proved by excavations to date back to prehistoric times
Sumer - Its principal cities were Nippur, Adab, Lagash, Umma, Larsa,
Erech, Ur, and Eridu, most of which were on or near the Euphrates
Ur - 500, but long continued, like
Erech, to be a great sacred cemetery city, as is evident from the number of tombs found there
Deluge - 2000, and which formed part of the priestly library at
Erech (q
Babylonia - The Babylonian empire was founded by Nimrod twenty centuries before Christ, and then embraced the cities Babel,
Erech, Accad, and Calneh, Genesis 10:10
Pentateuch - Lastly, they think they observe certain strokes in the Pentateuch which can hardly agree with Moses, who was born and bred in Egypt; as what he says of the earthly paradise, of the rivers that watered it and ran through it; of the cities of Babylon,
Erech, Resen, and Calmeh; of the gold of Pison; of the bdellium, of the stone of Sohem, or onyx stone, which was to be found in that country
Nimrod - ...
The early seat of empire was in the southern part of Babylonia, where Niffer represents either Babel or Calneh, Warka
Erech, Mugheir Ur, Senkereh Ellasar
Ashtoreth - Thus at Uruk (
Erech) in her temple E-Anna (‘house of heaven’) she was both a goddess of fertility and a martial deity in whose service were Kizretl, Ukhati, and Kharimati, the priestesses of Ishtar
Nimrod - "And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and
Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar: out of that land he went forth to invade Assyria; and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resin, between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city," Genesis 10:8-12
Chaldaea - The Chaldaean cities are celebrated in Scripture: "Babel,
Erech (now Warka), Accad, Calneh (Niffer)" (Genesis 10:10)
Babel - The other two towns were
Erech and Accad
Babel - " Originally "the gate of the god's" temple, whereat justice used to be ministered, Babel or Babylon was secondary in importance at first to the other cities,
Erech, Ur, and Ellasar. The southern tetrarchy (arba lisun , "the four tongues," or kiprat 'arbat , "the four nations") consisted of Ur, Huruk, Nipur, and Larsa or Laruncha, answering to the scriptural Ur of the Chaldees,
Erech, Calneh, and Ellasar.
Erech (Warka) and Ur (Mugheir) were then the capitals; the land was Shinar, and the people (according to the monuments) Akkadim (Accad, Genesis 10:10). Sin-shada holds court at
Erech 25 miles to the N
Noah - The original, according to the tablets, belonged to the city of
Erech, and was in Semitic Babylonian. Assurbanipal was closely connected with
Erech, it alone remaining loyal when the rest of Babylonia revolted; to it therefore he restored the idol Nana, which the Elamites carried away 1635 years before (2295 B. ...
(8) The bitumen, in the
Erech version; also shutting the door; the cause, sin; the seven days, the dove returning, the raven not so; the mountain; the Deity bringing out from the ark and establishing a covenant; the retribution for taking life
Babylon - , such as
Erech, Kish, Nippur, Ur, Sippar, or Akkad
Deluge - ’ Gilgamesh of Uruk (
Erech, Genesis 10:10 ), the hero of the epic, contrived to visit his ancestor Ut-napishtim, who had received the gift of immortality
Hammurabi - ...
From his seventh to eleventh years he destroyed Malgum, attacked Rapiqum, warred against Emutbal, and captured both Isin and Uruk (
Erech)
Abraham - of Persia, Susiana), the chief sovereign, with Amrephar of Shinar (Babylon), Arioch of Ellasar (the Chaldean Larissa, or Larsa, half way between Ur, or Mugheir, and
Erech, or Warka, in Lower Babylonia), and Tidal, king of nations, attacked Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, and Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela or Zoar, because after twelve bears of subordination they "rebelled" (Genesis 14)
Assur -
Erech is the modern Warka; Accad, now Akkerkuf
Gods, Pagan - Anu, god of the heavens and patron of Uruk (biblical
Erech; Genesis 10:10 ), did not play a very active role