Succoth-benoth — or Succoth Benoth was a Babylonian deity, one of the deities of the city of Samaria mentioned by name in 2 Kings 17:30. [http://www.mechon mamre.org/e/et/et09b17.htm] The Bible says that these deities were idols, although the Samaritans were not… … Wikipedia
SUCCOTH-BENOTH — (Heb. סֻכּוֹת־בְּנוֹת; LXX, Socchôth/bainith/benithei/banitha, Rochchôthbaineithei), unidentified deity worshiped by the Babylonians who were settled in Samaria after the fall of the Northern Kingdom (c. 722 B.C.E.; II Kings 17:30). Succoth… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Succoth-benoth — Tents of daughters, supposed to be the name of a Babylonian deity, the goddess Zir banit, the wife of Merodach, worshipped by the colonists in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30) … Easton's Bible Dictionary
SOCOTH-BENOTH — Idolum Babyloniorum, 2. Regum c. 17. v. 30. Ubi, postquam Salmanassar Rex Assyriae, excisô Samaritanorum regnô, incolas captivos abduxerat, migrare iubens in Samariam colonias de Babel, de Cuth, de Ava, de Hamath, et de Sepharvaim: dicitur,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ZOOLATRIA — seu cultus animalium, qui apud Aegyptios olim hodiequeapud Indos, prodigiose frequens est, ex μετεμψοχώσεος dogmate ortum traxit; in quod processu temporum degeneravit de Immortalitate Animae doctrina, quam praeter alia a Iosepho accepcrant… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
VENUS — I. VENUS ab antiquis amorum, gratiarum, pulchritudinis, deliciarum, voluptatumque omnium habita est Dea: ita dicta a veniendo, quod ad omnes res veniat, ut auctore est Cicer. l. 3. de Nat. Deor. c. 24. Hanc Poetae, ex spumâ maris et Caeli… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its … Wikipedia
Nergal — For other uses, see Nergal (disambiguation). Fertile Crescent myth series Mesopotamian Levantine … Wikipedia
Qliphoth — Qliphoth, kliffoth or klippot (Heb. קליפות qelippot , meaning peels , shells or matter, [The Kabbalah or, The Religious Philosophy of the Hebrews by Adolphe Franck translated by I. Sossnitz (1926): Relation of The Kabbalah to Christianity page… … Wikipedia
Ashima — In the Hebrew Bible, Ashima is one of several deities protecting the individual cities of Samaria who are mentioned specifically by name in 2 Kings 17:30. From the scribes point of view the cities should not have been making cult images ( idols ) … Wikipedia
