Tigris (2 Occurrences)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TIGRIS. ti'-gris (Tigris, the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew chiddeqel): One of the rivers of Eden ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tigris.htm - 9k

Asshur (133 Occurrences)

... 14 "Assyria" ought to be "Asshur," which was the original capital of Assyria, a city represented by the mounds of Kalah Sherghat, on the west bank of the Tigris... biblethesaurus.org/a/asshur.htm - 46k

Assur (2 Occurrences)

... Apparently about 2000 BC a colony of Babylonians migrated northward along the Tigris River and settled upon the right shore about halfway between the Upper and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assur.htm - 13k

Sherghat

... Apparently about 2000 BC a colony of Babylonians migrated northward along the Tigris River and settled upon the right shore about halfway between the Upper and ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sherghat.htm - 12k

Hiddekel (2 Occurrences)

... Gesenius interprets the word as meaning "the rapid Tigris." The Tigris rises in the mountains of Armenia, 15 miles south of the source of the Euphrates, which ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hiddekel.htm - 8k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... the Red Sea. Rawlinson takes it to be the country still known as Khuzi-stan, on the east side of the Lower Tigris. But there are ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)

... miles from the source of the former, and 270 from that of the latter, they meet and form the majestic stream, which is at length joined by the Tigris at Koornah ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Tikvah (2 Occurrences)

... The Tigris rises in the mountains of Armenia, latitude 38 degrees 10 minutes, longitude 39 degrees 20 minutes, only a few miles from the main branch of the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvah.htm - 10k

Eden (19 Occurrences)

... The site must undoubtedly be sought for somewhere along the course of the great streams the Tigris and the Euphrates of Western Asia, in "the land of Shinar ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eden.htm - 28k

Calah (2 Occurrences)

... Resen" (Genesis 10:11, RV). Its site is now Marked probably by the Nimrud ruins on the left bank of the Tigris. These cover an area ... biblethesaurus.org/c/calah.htm - 14k

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

... Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jeremiah 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylon.htm - 93k

Semites

... All except the third have been readily identified, Elam as the historic nation in the highlands East of the Tigris, between Media and Persia; Asshur as the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Semitic

... All except the third have been readily identified, Elam as the historic nation in the highlands East of the Tigris, between Media and Persia; Asshur as the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Tobit

... alms and not to take to wife a non-Jewish (EV "strange") maiden (Tobit 4:3;). Proceeding on the journey they make a halt on reaching the Tigris, and during a ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tobit.htm - 34k

Anaharath (1 Occurrence)

... alms and not to take to wife a non-Jewish (EV "strange") maiden (Tobit 4:3;). Proceeding on the journey they make a halt on reaching the Tigris, and during a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anaharath.htm - 87k

Nahum (3 Occurrences)

... Jerusalem. Others think that Elkosh was the name of a place on the east bank of the Tigris, and that Nahum dwelt there. Nahum, Book of. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nahum.htm - 21k

Tikvath (1 Occurrence)

... The Tigris rises in the mountains of Armenia, latitude 38 degrees 10 minutes, longitude 39 degrees 20 minutes, only a few miles from the main branch of the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvath.htm - 9k

Armenia (2 Occurrences)

... ark of Noah rested after the Deluge (Genesis 8:4). It is for the most part high table-land, and is watered by the Aras, the Kur, the Euphrates, and the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenia.htm - 21k

Shoa (2 Occurrences)

... The plain lying between these mountains and the Tigris was called su-Edina, ie, "the border of the plain." This name was sometimes shortened into Suti and Su ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shoa.htm - 7k

Nineveh (23 Occurrences)

... This "exceeding great city" lay on the eastern or left bank of the river Tigris, along which it stretched for some 30 miles, having an average breadth of 10 ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nineveh.htm - 52k

Hammurabi

... The restoration of the great temple at Erech came next, and was followed by the erection of a fortress, "high like a mountain," on the banks of the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Habor (3 Occurrences)

... There is a river called Khabur which rises in the central highlands of Kurdistan, and flows south-west till it falls into the Tigris, about 70 miles above Mosul ... biblethesaurus.org/h/habor.htm - 10k

Chaldea (8 Occurrences)

... The country so named is a vast plain formed by the deposits of the Euphrates and the Tigris, extending to about 400 miles along the course of these rivers, and ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldea.htm - 25k

Great (10383 Occurrences)

... He collected a yet huger host than that he had had under him at Issus, and assembled it on the plain east of the Tigris. Alexander hastened to meet him. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/great.htm - 35k

Cyrus (20 Occurrences)

... for Nabonidus' 9th year (546 BC), where it is stated that "Cyrus, king of the land of Parsu (Persia) gathered his army, and crossed the Tigris below Arbela ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrus.htm - 39k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)

... The name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was originally a colony from Babylonia, and was ruled by viceroys ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

Kir (11 Occurrences)

... them as far as they could from their native land, one would expect, for Palestinian exiles, a site or sites on the eastern side of the Tigris and Euphrates. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kir.htm - 17k

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

... These languages were spoken from the Caspian Sea to the South of Arabia, and from the Mediterranean to the valley of the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nehelamite.htm - 89k

Ur (5 Occurrences)

... now 150 miles from the sea and some 6 miles from the Euphrates, a little above the point where it receives the Shat el-Hie, an affluent from the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/u/ur.htm - 15k

Languages (36 Occurrences)

... These languages were spoken from the Caspian Sea to the South of Arabia, and from the Mediterranean to the valley of the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/languages.htm - 49k

Girgashite (7 Occurrences)

... 324) would identify the Girgashites with the Kirkishati of an Assyrian tablet; the latter people, however, seem to have lived to the East of the Tigris, and it ... biblethesaurus.org/g/girgashite.htm - 11k

Gourd (4 Occurrences)

... "It is grown in great abundance on the alluvial banks of the Tigris and on the plain between the river and the ruins of Nineveh." At the present day it is ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gourd.htm - 12k

Gihon (6 Occurrences)

... Eden (Genesis 2:13). It is said to compass the Whole land of Cush (Ethiopia), probably a province East of the Tigris. The Gihon is ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gihon.htm - 16k

Tig'lath-pile'ser (3 Occurrences)

Tig'lath-pile'ser. << Tiglath-pileser, Tig'lath-pile'ser. Tigris >>. Multi-Version Concordance ... (See RSV). << Tiglath-pileser, Tig'lath-pile'ser. Tigris >>. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tig'lath-pile'ser.htm - 7k

Tidal (2 Occurrences)

... 139). Goyyim, translated "nations," is the country called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam. Noah Webster's Dictionary. (a ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tidal.htm - 11k

Targum

... explain." 2. Origin of the Targums: At the time when Nebuchadnezzar carried the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah captive to the banks of the Tigris and the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Rehoboth-ir (1 Occurrence)

... The ruins lie on the Tigris, about 50 miles South of Nineveh. It practically ceased to be the capital about the middle of the 8th century BC See NINEVEH. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehoboth-ir.htm - 8k

Resen (1 Occurrence)

... Resen was on the east side of the Tigris. It is probably identified with the mound of ruins called Karamless. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RESEN. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/resen.htm - 9k

Rivers (81 Occurrences)

... Rivers of Babylon. (Psalm 137:1), ie, of the whole country of Babylonia, eg, the Tigris, Euphrates, Chalonas, the Ulai, and the numerous canals. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rivers.htm - 32k

Rehobothir

... The ruins lie on the Tigris, about 50 miles South of Nineveh. It practically ceased to be the capital about the middle of the 8th century BC See NINEVEH. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rehobothir.htm - 8k

Rosh (5 Occurrences)

... this country is further described in his Khorsabad Inscription, 18, as "the land of Rasu, of the boundary of Elam, which is beside the Tigris." Assyria having ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rosh.htm - 11k

Elkoshite (1 Occurrence)

... may be noted: (1) The Nestorians venerate the supposed tomb of the prophet in the village of Alqush not far from the east bank of the Tigris, about two days ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elkoshite.htm - 8k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting on the Northeast side of the Persian Gulf, practically followed the course of the lower Tigris... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Mesopotamia (8 Occurrences)

... Hebrews Aram-naharaim; ie, "Syria of the two rivers"), the name given by the Greeks and Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris (Genesis 24:10 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mesopotamia.htm - 11k

Mediterranean

... scene of most ancient civilizations which have greatly influenced that of the western world, except those whose home was in the valleys of the Tigris and the ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mediterranean.htm - 11k

Phenicia (1 Occurrence)

... England of antiquity." "The trade routes from all Asia converged on the Phoenician coast; the centres of commerce on the Euphrates and Tigris forwarding their ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phenicia.htm - 12k

Brook (75 Occurrences)

... 'Aphiq and ye'or are translated both "brook" and "river," ye'or being generally used of the Nile (Exodus 1:22, etc.), though in Daniel 12:5-7, of the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brook.htm - 45k

Belshazzar (8 Occurrences)

... It is possible that this second Nabundid was the king who was killed by Cyrus, when he crossed the Tigris above Arbela in the 9th year of Nabunaid his father ... biblethesaurus.org/b/belshazzar.htm - 16k

Canneh (1 Occurrence)

... 10:10, and Calno of Isaiah 10:9. According to the Targums, Eusebius, and Jerome, this place is identical with Ctesiphon, which was situated on the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/canneh.htm - 8k

Chebar (8 Occurrences)

... to support it is that the "Chebar" was the royal canal of Nebuchadnezzar, the Nahr Malcha, the greatest in Mesopotamia, which connected the Tigris with the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chebar.htm - 10k

Ararat (4 Occurrences)

... ar'-a-rat ('araraT): A mountainous plateau in western Asia from which flow in different directions the Euphrates, the Tigris, the Aras and the Choruk rivers. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ararat.htm - 13k

Aram-naharaim (5 Occurrences)

... Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Genesis 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aram-naharaim.htm - 9k

Attitudes (1 Occurrence)

... fact is attested by the pictures illustrating daily life upon the monuments of Assyria, Babylonia and Egypt in the countries between the Nile and the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attitudes.htm - 20k

Aramnaharaim

... Aram of the two rivers, is Mesopotamia (as it is rendered in Genesis 24:10), the country enclosed between the Tigris on the east and the Euphrates on the west ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramnaharaim.htm - 7k

Asmodaeus

... Raphael (Tobit 6:15). He burnt on the "ashes of incense" the heart and liver of a fish which he caught in the Tigris. "But when the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asmodaeus.htm - 7k

Adiabene

... ADIABENE. a-di-a-be'-ne (Adiabene): A state lying on the east of the Tigris, on the greater and lesser rivers Zab, in the territory of ancient Assyria. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/adiabene.htm - 7k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)

... This latter division was called Aram-naharaim-Aram of the two rivers, ie Tigris and Euphrates-and is the Nahrina of the Egyptian inscriptions. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Syria (73 Occurrences)

... Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of Phoenicia, extending to beyond the Euphrates and the Tigris. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/syria.htm - 60k

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

... Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shushan.htm - 21k

Crafts (2 Occurrences)

... From the very earliest times there was an interchange of commodities and ideas between the people of the Nile and those of the Tigris and Euphrates. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crafts.htm - 30k

Mesha (4 Occurrences)

... is possible, but several more or less probable have been suggested: eg (a) The Greek Mesene, on the Persian Gulf, not far from the mouth of the Tigris and the ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mesha.htm - 12k

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

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting on the Northeast side of the Persian Gulf, practically followed the course of the lower Tigris... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Hydaspes

... HYDASPES. hi-das'-pez (Hudaspes): A river mentioned in Judith 1:6 in connection with the Euphrates and Tigris, but otherwise unknown. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hydaspes.htm - 6k

Aramaic (12 Occurrences)

... Its history has been long; spoken, as we learn by inscriptions, from before the days of Tiglath-pileser, it is still spoken on the banks of the Tigris and the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aramaic.htm - 31k

Deluge (17 Occurrences)

... the mountains of Ararat" (not the peak of Mount Ararat, but the highlands of Armenia in the upper part of the valley of the Euphrates and Tigris; see ARARAT). ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deluge.htm - 47k

Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)

... the king of Elam, who, taking the bribe which was offered, supported him with an armed force, and a battle was fought at Chalule on the Tigris, in which ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldeans.htm - 48k

Bittern (4 Occurrences)

... Even granting that Nineveh was to be made dry, it must be remembered that the marshes of the Tigris lay very close, and the bird is of night, with a voice ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bittern.htm - 14k

Persians (6 Occurrences)

... 2. Capture of Babylon: He overthrew the Sute (Bedouin) across the Tigris the following year, and was then invited by a large party in Babylonia to come to ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persians.htm - 20k

Hara (1 Occurrence)

... Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chronicles 5:26), between the Tigris and the Euphrates, along the banks of the Khabur, to which some of the ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hara.htm - 8k

Alexander (5 Occurrences)

... He collected a yet huger host than that he had had under him at Issus, and assembled it on the plain east of the Tigris. Alexander hastened to meet him. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexander.htm - 32k

Benhadad (24 Occurrences)

... From the monolith inscription of Shalmaneser II we learn that this Assyrian king in the 6th year of his reign (854 BC) had crossed the Tigris and made his way ... biblethesaurus.org/b/benhadad.htm - 28k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)

... Campaigns of Shalmaneser II, 860-825 BC: The captivity of the Northern Kingdom was the work of the great Assyrian power having its seat at Nineveh on the Tigris... biblethesaurus.org/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Cosmological

... familiar region of Mesopotamia (Aram-Naharaim, Psalm 60, title), with Ararat (Genesis 8:4) still farther North; and, southward, in the Tigris-Euphrates valley ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cosmological.htm - 33k

Noah (55 Occurrences)

... the mountains of Ararat" (not the peak of Mount Ararat, but the highlands of Armenia in the upper part of the valley of the Euphrates and Tigris; see ARARAT). ... biblethesaurus.org/n/noah.htm - 66k

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)

... of Babylon LITERATURE Babylonia is a plain which is made up of the alluvial deposits of the mountainous regions in the North, where the Tigris and Euphrates ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylonia.htm - 75k

World (2829 Occurrences)

... familiar region of Mesopotamia (Aram-Naharaim, Psalm 60, title), with Ararat (Genesis 8:4) still farther North; and, southward, in the Tigris-Euphrates valley ... biblethesaurus.org/w/world.htm - 40k

Language (112 Occurrences)

... Its history has been long; spoken, as we learn by inscriptions, from before the days of Tiglath-pileser, it is still spoken on the banks of the Tigris and the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/language.htm - 101k

According (7613 Occurrences)

... Palestine is generally accepted. This Aramaic was closely akin to the Syriac spoken between the Mediterranean and the Tigris. It was the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/according.htm - 62k

Hamath (36 Occurrences)

... BC, its king Eniilu paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser, but he divided its lands among his generals, and transported 1,223 of its inhabitants to Sura on the Tigris... biblethesaurus.org/h/hamath.htm - 25k