Deities (1 Occurrence)

... (n.) Plural of Deity. Multi-Version Concordance Deities (1 Occurrence). Acts 17:18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deities.htm - 6k

Images (158 Occurrences)

... They may be (1) themselves objects of worship, (2) pictures, embodiments or dwelling-places (temple, ark, pillar, priests) of deities worshipped, (3) empowered ... biblethesaurus.org/i/images.htm - 70k

Demon (26 Occurrences)

... see DAEMON. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demon.htm - 32k

Demonology

... The vaguely conceived spirits of the earlier conception are advanced to the position of deities with names, fixed characters and specific functions, organized ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demonology.htm - 24k

Demoniac (7 Occurrences)

... The vaguely conceived spirits of the earlier conception are advanced to the position of deities with names, fixed characters and specific functions, organized ... biblethesaurus.org/d/demoniac.htm - 26k

Moon (70 Occurrences)

... some given as "paleness"; selene): The moon was very early worshipped by the nations of the Far East as a divinity or the representative of one or more deities... biblethesaurus.org/m/moon.htm - 36k

Chaldees (13 Occurrences)

... Although these two deities in later centuries were identified with each other, still the argument seems to have little weight, as other deities were also ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldees.htm - 15k

Aryan

... to Zoroaster's reformation. Aramazd (Ahura Mazda), creator of heaven and earth, was father of all the chief deities. His spouse ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aryan.htm - 9k

Gods (310 Occurrences)

... polytheistic. Among the other nations, Iranian, Hamitic, etc., there were always a number of deities, sometimes a multitude. There ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gods.htm - 60k

Ur (5 Occurrences)

... Although these two deities in later centuries were identified with each other, still the argument seems to have little weight, as other deities were also ... biblethesaurus.org/u/ur.htm - 15k

Erech (2 Occurrences)

... 3. Its Patron-Deities and Their Temples: Two great deities, Ishtar and Nanaa, were worshipped in this city, the temple of the former being E-anna, "the house ... biblethesaurus.org/e/erech.htm - 13k

Comparative

... To (1) it has been replied that most tribes from the earliest times clearly distinguished between those deities who had been men, and the gods proper, who had ... biblethesaurus.org/c/comparative.htm - 29k

Golden (86 Occurrences)

... at Bethel, may refer not to the worship of the bulls, but to their female counterparts, since in all other countries such female deities invariably accompanied ... biblethesaurus.org/g/golden.htm - 66k

Armenian

... to Zoroaster's reformation. Aramazd (Ahura Mazda), creator of heaven and earth, was father of all the chief deities. His spouse ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenian.htm - 18k

Rome (12 Occurrences)

... ROMAN RELIGION 1. Deities 2. Religious Decay V. ROME AND THE JEWS 1. Judea under Roman Procurators and Governors 2. Jewish Proselytism VI. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rome.htm - 43k

Unknown (15 Occurrences)

... Some Athenians, at any rate, felt the religious inadequacy of all known deities and were appealing to the God who they felt must exist, although they knew ... biblethesaurus.org/u/unknown.htm - 13k

Jupiter (3 Occurrences)

... the highest god in the developed Greek pantheon, and Zeus in turn, in accord with the syncretism of the period, was identified with countless deities in the ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jupiter.htm - 10k

Dionysus

... bare!" -Sophocles, Antigone. Among all the Greek deities none appealed more vividly to the imagination than Dionysus. Greek tragedy ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dionysus.htm - 9k

Bacchus

... bare!" -Sophocles, Antigone. Among all the Greek deities none appealed more vividly to the imagination than Dionysus. Greek tragedy ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bacchus.htm - 12k

Calneh (2 Occurrences)

... 3. Its Deities and Their Legends: The city's earlier divine patrons were Enlil and Ninlil, the older Bel and Beltis, whose shrines were at the great temple ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calneh.htm - 11k

Ashtoreth (3 Occurrences)

... These names often occur in the plural (Ashtaroth, Baalim), probably as indicating either different statues or different modifications of the deities. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashtoreth.htm - 14k

Succoth-benoth (1 Occurrence)

... to the Hebrew: The name of an idol made by the Babylonians sent into exile at Samaria by an Assyrian king (Shalmaneser), and mentioned among the deities of the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/succoth-benoth.htm - 9k

Succothbenoth (1 Occurrence)

... to the Hebrew: The name of an idol made by the Babylonians sent into exile at Samaria by an Assyrian king (Shalmaneser), and mentioned among the deities of the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/succothbenoth.htm - 9k

Bel (3 Occurrences)

... form of Baal, occurs in the Old Testament in Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44, where it stands for Merodach or Marduk, chief of the Babylonian deities... biblethesaurus.org/b/bel.htm - 39k

Calf (39 Occurrences)

... at Bethel, may refer not to the worship of the bulls, but to their female counterparts, since in all other countries such female deities invariably accompanied ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calf.htm - 49k

Dragon (20 Occurrences)

... form of Baal, occurs in the Old Testament in Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44, where it stands for Merodach or Marduk, chief of the Babylonian deities... biblethesaurus.org/d/dragon.htm - 56k

Mystery (31 Occurrences)

... In proportion as the public cults of the civic and national deities fell into disrepute, their place came more and more to be filled by secret cults open only ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mystery.htm - 42k

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)

... As early as the Assyrian and Babylonian periods (8th and 7th centuries BC), various deities from the Tigris and Euphrates had intruded themselves-the worship ... biblethesaurus.org/i/idolatry.htm - 21k

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

... Their deities, however, always had hair and beard, implying that they came from a different, though possibly related, stock. These ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shinar.htm - 27k

Hellenism

... and festive gatherings, performing feats of manly prowess in the Olympic games, the Zeus of Dodona, and the Delphian Apollo, as oracular deities, were visited ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenism.htm - 26k

Hellenist

... and festive gatherings, performing feats of manly prowess in the Olympic games, the Zeus of Dodona, and the Delphian Apollo, as oracular deities, were visited ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hellenist.htm - 26k

Astrology

... Hammurabi period was used in a Babylonian temple school, we find the edge of the liver divided into sixteen regions with names of the deities inhabiting them ... biblethesaurus.org/a/astrology.htm - 38k

Persian (4 Occurrences)

... Though some 33 deities are adored in the Vedic Hymns, yet, in spite of polytheism and low ideas of the divine, traces of something higher may be found. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persian.htm - 45k

Empire (8 Occurrences)

... religion became almost unrecognizable, and even the antiquarian learning of a Varro could scarcely discover the original meaning or use of many Roman deities. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/empire.htm - 80k

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)

... In fact nearly all of the original names of the Semitic Babylonian sun-deities are derived from the names and epithets of the great Sun-god of the Amorites and ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylonia.htm - 75k

Roman (26 Occurrences)

... religion became almost unrecognizable, and even the antiquarian learning of a Varro could scarcely discover the original meaning or use of many Roman deities. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/roman.htm - 101k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

... consideration. The laws also have in large measure a religious basis, and the business inscriptions frequently invoke deities at the end. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

Lord (59401 Occurrences)

... This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lord.htm - 61k

Idle (33 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/idle.htm - 18k

Foreign (65 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/foreign.htm - 27k

Fury (152 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides. 5. (n.) One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fury.htm - 37k

Tower (74 Occurrences)

... and Nebuchadrezzar ziqqurat Babili, "the Tower of Babylon"-the world-renowned temple dedicated to Merodach and his consort Zer-panitum, Babylon's chief deities... biblethesaurus.org/t/tower.htm - 52k

Tammuz (1 Occurrence)

... The worship of these deities was introduced into Syria in very early times under the designation of Tammuz and Astarte, and appears among the Greeks in the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tammuz.htm - 10k

Remarked (2 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/remarked.htm - 7k

Exorcism

... among ancient and primitive peoples rests largely upon faith in the power of magical formulas, ordinarily compounded of the names of deities and pronounced in ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exorcism.htm - 14k

Exorcist (1 Occurrence)

... among ancient and primitive peoples rests largely upon faith in the power of magical formulas, ordinarily compounded of the names of deities and pronounced in ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exorcist.htm - 15k

Err (41 Occurrences)

... means also "to cause to err" (Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 30:28, "a bridle that causeth to err"; Jeremiah 23:13, 12; "Their lies (ie the unreal deities, creatures of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/err.htm - 22k

Error (90 Occurrences)

... means also "to cause to err" (Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 30:28, "a bridle that causeth to err"; Jeremiah 23:13, 12; "Their lies (ie the unreal deities, creatures of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/error.htm - 38k

Epicurean (1 Occurrence)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/epicurean.htm - 7k

Divinities (1 Occurrence)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/divinities.htm - 7k

Diana (5 Occurrences)

... She may, however, be identified with the Cybele of the Phrygians whose name she also bore, and with several other deities who were worshipped under different ... biblethesaurus.org/d/diana.htm - 15k

Dispute (37 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dispute.htm - 17k

Dehort

biblethesaurus.org/d/dehort.htm - 6k

Deity (3 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/d/deity.htm - 7k

Delos

... It was here that Apollo and Artemis were born; hence, the island was sacred, and became one of the chief seats of worship of the two deities. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/delos.htm - 10k

Manes

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n. pl.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/manes.htm - 7k

Philosophers (1 Occurrence)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/philosophers.htm - 6k

Babbler (4 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babbler.htm - 9k

Conversing (7 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/conversing.htm - 8k

Corinth (13 Occurrences)

... are of Phoenician origin. Poseidon, too, and other sea deities were held in high esteem in the commercial city. Various arts were ... biblethesaurus.org/c/corinth.htm - 21k

Amon (20 Occurrences)

... the sentiment which his fanatical father sought to make prevail that Yahweh had no longer any more claim to identification with the realm than had other deities... biblethesaurus.org/a/amon.htm - 18k

Adramyttium (2 Occurrences)

... Ephesus. Upon them the effigies of Castor and Pollux appear, showing that Adramyttium was the seat of worship of these deities. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/adramyttium.htm - 9k

Artemis (5 Occurrences)

... She may, however, be identified with the Cybele of the Phrygians whose name she also bore, and with several other deities who were worshipped under different ... biblethesaurus.org/a/artemis.htm - 14k

Advocating (1 Occurrence)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/advocating.htm - 6k

Anammelech (1 Occurrence)

... Much depends upon the identification of "Sepharvaim"; if, as some scholars hold, Sepharvaim and Sippar are one and the same cities, the two deities referred to ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anammelech.htm - 9k

Areopagus (3 Occurrences)

... which it sprang. Both understood Paul as proclaiming to them in Jesus and Anastasis ("resurrection") some new deities. When they ... biblethesaurus.org/a/areopagus.htm - 14k

Sodomite (1 Occurrence)

... feminine qedheshah): Qadhesh denotes properly a male temple prostitute, one of the class attached to certain sanctuaries of heathen deities, and "consecrated ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sodomite.htm - 101k

Stoic (1 Occurrence)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stoic.htm - 7k

Sepharvaim (6 Occurrences)

... 2. Difficulties of That Identification: Besides the fact that the deities of the two cities, Sippar and Sepharvaim, are not the same, it is to be noted that in ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sepharvaim.htm - 12k

Scythians

... 64-65). Their deities were many of them identified with those of the Greeks, but the most characteristic rite was the worship of the naked sword (ibid. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/scythians.htm - 8k

Seem (115 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/seem.htm - 38k

Phoenicians

... There can be little doubt that the chief deities of the Phoenicians, as well as the forms of their cult, were derived from Babylonia, brought with them ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

... There can be little doubt that the chief deities of the Phoenicians, as well as the forms of their cult, were derived from Babylonia, brought with them ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Trinity

... Sometimes they are the effect of mere syncretism, three deities worshipped in different localities being brought together in the common worship of all. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trinity.htm - 39k

Famine (99 Occurrences)

... words of Yahweh" (8:11; compare 1 Samuel 3:1; 1 Samuel 28:6 2 Chronicles 15:3; Ezekiel 7:26 Micah 3:6); by Zephaniah of the destruction of heathen deities (2:11 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/famine.htm - 49k

Trying (68 Occurrences)

... Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trying.htm - 24k

Place (9195 Occurrences)

... They were regarded as the habitation of the deity, but, none the less, were usually many in number (a fact that in no way need implicate a plurality of deities... biblethesaurus.org/p/place.htm - 28k

Carmel (33 Occurrences)

... We may assume that there was also a sanctuary of Baal, since the worshippers of these deities chose the place as common ground for the great trim (1 Kings 18). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/carmel.htm - 25k

Pisidia (2 Occurrences)

... The principal pagan deities were Men and Cybele. Strabo mentions a great temple with large estates and many hierodouloi devoted to the service of the god. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pisidia.htm - 21k

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

... Lagamaru (Laomer) and five other of the city's deities were adored only by kings, and their images, with those of 12 more (worshipped by the people), were ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shushan.htm - 21k