Bible Dictionary: Belus

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BELUS, TEMPLE OF

be'-lus.

See BABEL.

Library

Antiquity of Christianity.
... For Thallus mentioned Belus, king of the Assyrians, and Saturn, son of Titan, alleging
that Belus with the Titans made war against Jupiter and the so-called ...
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Of the Kings and Times of the Earthly City which were Synchronous ...
... Ninus, then, who succeeded his father Belus, the first king of Assyria, was already
the second king of that kingdom when Abraham was born in the land of the ...
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Him Cyrus, his Grandson by his Daughter, Expelled from the Kingdom ...
... wanting. There was at that time among the Babylonians a brazen image of
Belus, a very ancient king, whom Virgil also has mentioned. ...
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Of the Ages of Vain Superstitions, and the Times at which they ...
... Theophilus, [108] in his book written to Autolycus respecting the times, [109] says
that Thallus relates in his history, that Belus, who is worshipped by the ...
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Of the Three Most Famous Kingdoms of the Nations, of which One ...
... Of these, Assyria was much the most powerful and sublime; for that king Ninus,
son of Belus, had subdued the people of all Asia except India. ...
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The Conquest of Babylon.
... gardens, palaces, etc."The walls of Babylon."Marvelous accounts."The ditches."Streets
and gates."Palace of the king."Temple of Belus."The bridge ...
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Argument: the Object of all Nations, and Especially of the Romans ...
... and adores its local gods: as the Eleusinians worship Ceres; the Phrygians, Mater;
[1730] the Epidaurians, Æsculapius; the Chaldæans; Belus; the Syrians ...
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Testimony of the Chaldeans to the Antiquity of Moses.
... Berosus, a Babylonian, a priest of their god Belus, born in the time of Alexander,
composed for Antiochus, the third after him, the history of the Chaldeans in ...
/.../tatians address to the greeks/chapter xxxvi testimony of the chaldeans.htm

A Description of the Sea-Coast, Out of Pliny and Strabo.
... Near that, Getta, Lebba, the river Pagida or Belus, mingling glassy sand with its
small shore: it flows from the lake Cendevia, at the root of Carmel. ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 10 a description of.htm

Caius Commands that his Statue Should be Set up in the Temple ...
... The very small river Belus [12] runs by it, at the distance of two furlongs; near
which there is Menmon's monument, [13] and hath near it a place no larger ...
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Thesaurus

Belus
Belus. Belts, Belus. Bemoan . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BELUS, TEMPLE
OF. be'-lus. See BABEL. Belts, Belus. Bemoan . Reference Bible.
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Babel (3 Occurrences)
... The Temple of Belus, which is supposed to occupy its site, is described by the Greek
historian Herodotus as a temple of great extent and magnificence, erected ...
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Bemoan (9 Occurrences)

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Babylon (270 Occurrences)
... Arabs. This was probably the noted Temple of Belus, which was a pyramid
about 480 feet high. (2) The Kasr (ie, "the palace"). This ...
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Gad (78 Occurrences)
... spread these Syrian cults became, may be seen in a number of ways, eg an altar from
Vaison in Southern France bearing an inscription: "Belus Fortunae rector ...
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Naomi (25 Occurrences)
... but may have been suggested or colored by the story of the death of Antiochus the
Great, who met his death while plundering a temple of Belus near Elymais ...
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Nanaea
... but may have been suggested or colored by the story of the death of Antiochus the
Great, who met his death while plundering a temple of Belus near Elymais ...
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Belts (6 Occurrences)

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Bethdagon (2 Occurrences)
... a position farther Southeast (2) A city on the border of Asher (Joshua 19:27) which
Conder would identify with Tell D'auk, near the mouth of the Belus, in the ...
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Bethdagan
... a position farther Southeast (2) A city on the border of Asher (Joshua 19:27) which
Conder would identify with Tell D'auk, near the mouth of the Belus, in the ...
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Subtopics

Belus

Related Terms

Babel (3 Occurrences)

Bemoan (9 Occurrences)

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

Gad (78 Occurrences)

Naomi (25 Occurrences)

Nanaea

Belts (6 Occurrences)

Bethdagon (2 Occurrences)

Bethdagan