Semites

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SEMITES, SEMITIC RELIGION. sem'-its, sem-it'-ik, 1. Biblical References 2. The Five Sons of Shem ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Ethiopic

... It has been held that the home of the Semites was in Africa; and if that were the case, the people who spoke the Ethiopic language may never have migrated very ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

... bricks and built cities. Then tribes of Semites invaded the land and settled in it, and became its rulers. This was followed in ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shinar.htm - 27k

Semitic

... the Arabs, Jews, and related races. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SEMITES, SEMITIC RELIGION. sem'-its, sem-it'-ik, 1. Biblical ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Gods (310 Occurrences)

... a plurality of gods. Among the Semites it was customary for one nation or tribe to have its own particular god. Often there were ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gods.htm - 60k

Beard (23 Occurrences)

... BEARD. berd: (1) Western Semites in general, according to the monuments, wore full round beards, to which they evidently devoted great care. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/beard.htm - 21k

Circumcision (98 Occurrences)

... It was in vogue among the western Semites-Hebrews, Arabians, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Egyptians, but was unknown among the Semites of the Euphrates. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/circumcision.htm - 53k

Judah (802 Occurrences)

... JUDAH, KINGDOM OF. " I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judah.htm - 101k

Fasting (34 Occurrences)

... Robertson Smith in his Religion of the Semites advanced and defended theory that fasting was merely a mode of preparation for the tribal meal in which ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fasting.htm - 23k

Syria (73 Occurrences)

... Valley (5) The Eastern Belt (6) Rivers (7) Nature of Soil (8) Flora (9) Fauna (10) Minerals (11) Central Position 4. History (1) Canaanitic Semites (2) Sargon ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syria.htm - 60k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... Notwithstanding that the descendants of Ham are always regarded as non-Semites, the Ethiopians, Ge`ez, as they called themselves, spoke a Semitic language of ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)

... BABYLONIA. bab-i-lo'-ni-a 1. Mounds 2. Explorations 3. Names 4. Semites 5. Sumerians 6. Home of the Semites 7. Immigration 8. Language 9. Script 10. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylonia.htm - 75k

Languages (36 Occurrences)

... Portions of the Old Testament 2. Phonology 3. Grammar 4. Syntax 5. Aramaic More Decadent than Hebrew V. LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEMITES 1. Concrete and ... biblethesaurus.org/l/languages.htm - 49k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... homogeneous. Arab tribes, who are in reality Semites, occupy the plains, while Iranians inhabit the cities and dwell at the mountain bases. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

... Portions of the Old Testament 2. Phonology 3. Grammar 4. Syntax 5. Aramaic More Decadent than Hebrew V. LITERARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEMITES 1. Concrete and ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nehelamite.htm - 89k

Images (158 Occurrences)

... the result of reflection. The earliest idols known among the Semites were rude stone pillars or unshapen blocks. These, as the fetish ... biblethesaurus.org/i/images.htm - 70k

Fast (157 Occurrences)

... Robertson Smith in his Religion of the Semites advanced and defended theory that fasting was merely a mode of preparation for the tribal meal in which ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fast.htm - 49k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

... Thomas Hunter Weir. JUDAH, KINGDOM OF. " I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kingdom.htm - 101k

Uncleanness (56 Occurrences)

... Possible Relation of Israel's Laws on Uncleanness with the Laws of Taboo among the Nations: WR Smith (Lectures on the Religion of the Semites, 152-55) thinks ... biblethesaurus.org/u/uncleanness.htm - 38k

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... homogeneous. Arab tribes, who are in reality Semites, occupy the plains, while Iranians inhabit the cities and dwell at the mountain bases. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Holiness (76 Occurrences)

... an object from common use which the modern study of savage religions has rendered familiar under the name of taboo (WR Smith, Religion of the Semites, Lect iv ... biblethesaurus.org/h/holiness.htm - 42k

Language (112 Occurrences)

... It has been held that the home of the Semites was in Africa; and if that were the case, the people who spoke the Ethiopic language may never have migrated very ... biblethesaurus.org/l/language.htm - 101k

Phoenicians

... migrations from the East, which we know, from Egyptian and Babylonian monuments, occurred in the 3rd, perhaps in the 4th, millennium BC Semites are found in ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

... migrations from the East, which we know, from Egyptian and Babylonian monuments, occurred in the 3rd, perhaps in the 4th, millennium BC Semites are found in ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Zalmunna (9 Occurrences)

... WR Smith (Lectures on the Religion of the Semites, 2nd edition, 417, note) compares with this call to Gideon's son the choice of young men or lads as ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zalmunna.htm - 13k

Zebah (9 Occurrences)

... WR Smith (Lectures on the Religion of the Semites, 2nd edition, 417, note) compares with this call to Gideon's son the choice of young men or lads as ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zebah.htm - 13k

Number (2370 Occurrences)

... The system of counting followed by the Hebrews and the Semites generally was the decimal system, which seems to have been suggested by the use of the ten ... biblethesaurus.org/n/number.htm - 40k

Nazirite (10 Occurrences)

... It is worthy of note that among the Semites vine-growing and wine-drinking have ever been considered foreign to their traditional nomadic mode of life. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nazirite.htm - 21k

Uz (8 Occurrences)

... in Genesis 10 are chiefly geographical and ethnographical, Uz seems to have been the name of a district or nation colonized by or descended from Semites of the ... biblethesaurus.org/u/uz.htm - 14k

Obed-edom (16 Occurrences)

... 2 Samuel 6:10 1 Chronicles 13:13, 14; 1 Chronicles 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so WR Smith, Religion of Semites (2), 42, and ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obed-edom.htm - 15k

Obededom (15 Occurrences)

... 2 Samuel 6:10 1 Chronicles 13:13, 14; 1 Chronicles 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so WR Smith, Religion of Semites (2), 42, and ... biblethesaurus.org/o/obededom.htm - 14k

Jachin (8 Occurrences)

... The pillars were not altar pillars with hearths at their top, as supposed by WR Smith (Religion of the Semites, 191, 468); rather they were "pillars of witness ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jachin.htm - 12k

Writing (194 Occurrences)

... to all the branches or dialects of the Semitic language, and hence it has been concluded that this art must have been known to the earliest Semites before they ... biblethesaurus.org/w/writing.htm - 70k

Imagery (5 Occurrences)

... ancient superstitions of a totemistic kind which had survived in obscure circles in Israel (WR Smith, Lectures on the Religion of the Semites, revised edition ... biblethesaurus.org/i/imagery.htm - 10k

Totemism

... In addition to the works cited in the text, see, for theory of the prevalence of totemism in early Israel, WR Smith, Religion of the Semites (2nd edition, 1894 ... biblethesaurus.org/t/totemism.htm - 11k

Talmud

... Many are afraid to inform themselves, as this may be too difficult or too tedious; others (the anti-Semites) do not want correct information to be spread on ... biblethesaurus.org/t/talmud.htm - 37k

Edom (108 Occurrences)

... beasts, and reptiles.". The Edomites were Semites, closely related in blood and in language to the Israelites. They dispossessed ... biblethesaurus.org/e/edom.htm - 53k

Member (20 Occurrences)

... Heathen Semites and other neighbors of Israel often castrated for religious purposes in the temple service of various divinities and for functions in princely ... biblethesaurus.org/m/member.htm - 17k

Boaz (25 Occurrences)

... The pillars were not altar pillars with hearths at their top, as supposed by WR Smith (Religion of the Semites, 191, 468); rather they were "pillars of witness ... biblethesaurus.org/b/boaz.htm - 19k

Caphtor (4 Occurrences)

... is rendered in Greek by Phoinike, "Phoenicia." This seems to be an error, as the Kafti portrayed on the monuments have no features in common with the Semites. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/caphtor.htm - 11k

Chaldees (13 Occurrences)

... flourished. Western Semites-for the name Abram is not Babylonian-lived in this city in large numbers in the age when the patriarch lived. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldees.htm - 15k

Caphtorim (3 Occurrences)

... is rendered in Greek by Phoinike, "Phoenicia." This seems to be an error, as the Kafti portrayed on the monuments have no features in common with the Semites. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/caphtorim.htm - 10k

Astoreth

... From Babylonia the worship of the goddess was carried to the Semites of the West, and in most instances the feminine suffix was attached to her name; where ... biblethesaurus.org/a/astoreth.htm - 10k

Astarte (2 Occurrences)

... From Babylonia the worship of the goddess was carried to the Semites of the West, and in most instances the feminine suffix was attached to her name; where ... biblethesaurus.org/a/astarte.htm - 11k

Ashtoreth (3 Occurrences)

... From Babylonia the worship of the goddess was carried to the Semites of the West, and in most instances the feminine suffix was attached to her name; where ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ashtoreth.htm - 14k

Accad (1 Occurrence)

... The Semitic Babylonians ("the white race"), or, as some scholars think, first the Cushites, and afterwards, as a second immigration, the Semites, invaded and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/accad.htm - 8k

Africa (1 Occurrence)

... as being referred to under the names of Lehabim and Lubim (Ludim) (Genesis 10:13 2 Chronicles 12:3)-words indicating, as often with the Semites, not the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/africa.htm - 10k

Anointing (39 Occurrences)

... accordance with the known facts of the case and the terms used in description to accept the view set forth by Robertson Smith (Religion of the Semites, 2nd ed ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anointing.htm - 28k

Hittites (39 Occurrences)

... Palestine and Syria appear to have been originally inhabited by three different tribes. (1.) The Semites, living on the east of the isthmus of Suez. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hittites.htm - 55k

Song (207 Occurrences)

... WR Smith (Religions of the Semites, 167) regards this invocation of the waters to rise as in its origin hardly a mere poetic figure. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/song.htm - 78k

Sarai (13 Occurrences)

... which she received when her son was promised, means "princess," for it is the feminine form of the extremely common title sar, used by the Semites to designate ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sarai.htm - 20k

Semis

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Sarah (38 Occurrences)

... which she received when her son was promised, means "princess," for it is the feminine form of the extremely common title sar, used by the Semites to designate ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sarah.htm - 28k

Sheba (36 Occurrences)

... They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sheba.htm - 32k

Horite (4 Occurrences)

... The Horites were Semites, and consequently are distinguished in Deuteronomy 2:12 from the tall race of Rephaim. AH Sayce. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/h/horite.htm - 9k

Primogeniture

... The misguided fervor of the ancient Semites who offered their firstborn as the thing most dearly beloved as a sacrifice to their gods must be considered in ... biblethesaurus.org/p/primogeniture.htm - 13k

Horim (2 Occurrences)

... The Horites were Semites, and consequently are distinguished in Deuteronomy 2:12 from the tall race of Rephaim. AH Sayce. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/h/horim.htm - 8k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

... It subdued the whole of Northern Asia. The Assyrians were Semites (Genesis 10:22), but in process of time non-Semite tribes mingled with the inhabitants. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

Time (7245 Occurrences)

... Geerhardus Vos. TIME. tim: The basis of the Hebrew measurement of time was the day and the lunar month, as with the Semites generally. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/time.htm - 21k

Medes (15 Occurrences)

... Medes are last mentioned in Acts 2:9. They are remarkable as the first leaders of the Aryan race in its struggle with the Semites for freedom and supremacy. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Golden (86 Occurrences)

... controlling motif of all these various representations and functions of the "calf" god may be found in the ancient awe, especially among the Semites, for the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/golden.htm - 66k

Marriage (74 Occurrences)

... The treatment of the subject here, therefore, will be limited as follows: Marriage among the Ancient Hebrews and Other Semites; Betrothal as the First Formal ... biblethesaurus.org/m/marriage.htm - 62k

Ur (5 Occurrences)

... flourished. Western Semites-for the name Abram is not Babylonian-lived in this city in large numbers in the age when the patriarch lived. ... biblethesaurus.org/u/ur.htm - 15k

Magician (5 Occurrences)

... 2. Potency of Magical Words: Among the ancient Semites (Arabs, Assyrians, Hebrews, etc.) there was a strong belief in the potency of the magical words of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magician.htm - 24k

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)

... Wake, A Discourse concerning the Nature of Idolatry, 1688; WR Smith, Lectures on the Religion of the Semites; EB Tylor, Primitive Culture; JG Frazer, Golden ... biblethesaurus.org/i/idolatry.htm - 21k

Blood (435 Occurrences)

... Blood Covenant and The Threshold Covenant; Westermarck, The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas; Robertson Smith, Lectures on the Religion of the Semites... biblethesaurus.org/b/blood.htm - 54k

Calf (39 Occurrences)

... controlling motif of all these various representations and functions of the "calf" god may be found in the ancient awe, especially among the Semites, for the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calf.htm - 49k

Magic (12 Occurrences)

... 2. Potency of Magical Words: Among the ancient Semites (Arabs, Assyrians, Hebrews, etc.) there was a strong belief in the potency of the magical words of ... biblethesaurus.org/m/magic.htm - 29k

Nations (683 Occurrences)

... This order in all probability indicates the importance of each race in the eyes of the Hebrews, who as Semites were naturally interested most in the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nations.htm - 58k

Gezer (14 Occurrences)

... These, or a race soon after-the earliest Semites-enclosed the hilltop with high earth rampart faced with rough stones-the earliest "walls" going back at least ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gezer.htm - 27k

Monthly (11 Occurrences)

... It is by no means certain that totemism prevailed so largely among Semites and there is no evidence of its existence in Israel. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/monthly.htm - 93k

Deluge (17 Occurrences)

... the flood. But neither Homer nor Hesiod have this tradition. Probably it was borrowed from the Semites or the Hindus. 7. The British ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deluge.htm - 47k

Molech (16 Occurrences)

... Baudissin, "Moloch" in PRE3; GF Moore, "Moloch" in EB; Robertson, Early Religion of Israel, 241-65; Robertson Smith, Religion of the Semites, 352;; Buchanan ... biblethesaurus.org/m/molech.htm - 24k

Gad (78 Occurrences)

... i. 181, 183; Smith, Rel. of Semites, Lect X). Nothing is known of a Babylonian deity named Gad, but there are Aramean and Arabic equivalents. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gad.htm - 49k

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

... elements derived from the subject populations, and as they spoke a Semitic language one of the most important of these elements would have been the Semites. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Moloch (2 Occurrences)

... Baudissin, "Moloch" in PRE3; GF Moore, "Moloch" in EB; Robertson, Early Religion of Israel, 241-65; Robertson Smith, Religion of the Semites, 352;; Buchanan ... biblethesaurus.org/m/moloch.htm - 21k

Table (125 Occurrences)

... This order in all probability indicates the importance of each race in the eyes of the Hebrews, who as Semites were naturally interested most in the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/table.htm - 62k

Jacob (361 Occurrences)

... this name was shortened by dropping the Divine subject; and in this shortened form it would be more likely to call up in the minds of all Semites who used it ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jacob.htm - 77k

Noah (55 Occurrences)

... the flood. But neither Homer nor Hesiod have this tradition. Probably it was borrowed from the Semites or the Hindus. 7. The British ... biblethesaurus.org/n/noah.htm - 66k