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Look up: ashur

  1. Ashur
    [n] - (Assyrian) chief god of the Assyrians
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Ashur
    National god of Assyria, and city god of the early capital Ashur. He was a god of war and was depicted shooting an arrow from the bow, enclosed in a circle. The king was considered his high priest. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Ashur
    Ashir noun chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  4. Ashur
    in Mesopotamian religion, city god of Ashur and national god of Assyria. In the beginning he was perhaps only a local deity of the city that shared ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/111

  5. Ashur
    ancient religious capital of Assyria, located on the west bank of the Tigris River in northern Iraq. The first scientific excavations there were ... [11 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/111

  6. Ashur
    Ashur is a African boy name. The meaning of the name is `Born During the Month` The name Ashur doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Ashur seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Ashu

  7. Ashur
    Ashur (ăsh'OOr) , chief god of Assyria. Important as a god of war, he became the omniscient king of the pantheon, replacing the Babylonian Marduk. His name appears variously as Asur, Assur, Ashshur, Asshur, and Ashir.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  8. Ashur
    Ashur (ăsh'ur) , in the Bible, founder of Tekoa.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  9. Ashur
    In Sumerian mythology, Ashur (A-sir, Arusar, A-shar, Assur) is the god of Assyria and war. He is a King of the Igigi. He was depicted as having the head of an eagle, the body of a man, four wings and shooting an arrow with his upper body enclosed by a winged disk.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Ashur
    `Ashur` (; often also transliterated as `Asshur` to reflect the pointing of Hebrew letter `ש` (Shin) in the Masoretic text, which doubles the `ש`), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur`s brothers were Elam, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The KJV--> is somewhat ambiguous as to whether i...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur

  11. Ashur
    (god) " figure, symbolizing Ashur. The right hand is extended similar to the Faravahar figure, while the left hand holds a bow instead of a ring (9th or 8th c. BC relief). `Ashur` (also `Assur`, `Aššur`; written A-šur, also Aš-šùr,ܐܫܘܪ i...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur



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