Assyro-Babylonian

[ uh-seer-oh-bab-uh-loh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Assyria and Babylonia.

noun

1. the language of Assyria and Babylonia; Akkadian.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Assyro-Babylonian¹

First recorded in 1825–35; Assyr(ia) + -o- + Babylonian

Example Sentences

The only sources of information on the subject are the few references to dress in the Old Testament and the few Jewish figures found among the Egyptian, Assyro-Babylonian, and Persian carvings.

From Project Gutenberg

Have we, in this word, an Assyro-Babylonian form of the Hebrew Shaddai?

From Project Gutenberg

Whatever doubt may exist as to the original form of this celestial being, the discussion of the origin of the Hebrew word kerûb may now be regarded as finally settled by the discovery of the Assyro-Babylonian records.

From Project Gutenberg

Originally the Assyro-Babylonian word kirubu seems to have meant something like “intimate friend,” or “familiar,” as in the expression kirub šarri, “familiar of the king,” mentioned between “daughter of the king,” and “the beloved woman of the king.”

From Project Gutenberg

The cherub upon which the Almighty rode, and upon whom he sat, corresponds more to the guzalū or “throne-bearer” of Assyro-Babylonian mythology.

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