Biblia

Shinar

SHINAR A level region of indefinite extent around Babylon and the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, Gen 10:10 11:2 14:1 Jos 7:21 Isa 11:11 Dan 1:2 Zec 5:11 . See MESOPOTAMIA. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Shinar (Heb. Skinar’, [on the signif. see below]; Sept. usually , ;. Vulg. Sennaar) seems to have … Continue reading “Shinar”

Shinab

Shinab (Heb. Shinab’, , father’s tooth [so. Gesenius as literally; but Hitzig refers the last element to the Arab. for serpent, or the Sanscrit for elephant; while Furst prefers splendor of the Father (i.,e. God)];. Sept. ; Josephus , Ant. i, 9), the king of Admah at the time of the invasion by Chedorlaomer (Gen … Continue reading “Shinab”

Shin, Sin

Shin, Sin shen, sen (, ): The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as sh and s. It came also to be used for the number 300. For name, etc., see ALPHABET. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Shin-Moo

Shin-Moo a goddess worshipped in China as the supposed mother of o, and styled the. Queen of Heaven. Her image is generally placed in a niche behind the altar, sometimes having an infant either in her arms or on her knee, and her head encircled with a glory. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Shin-Moo”

Shin-Men

Shin-Men a Chinese deity, said to be the son of Fo or Fo-hi, and to- correspond with the Hindu god Ganesa. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Shin

Shin were supposed by the Chinese to be spirits of the air, and, according. to Dr. Milne, are to be considered as cons, spirits or intelligences. In the Le- ke it is said that “if we speak of all the Shin collectively, we call them SHANG-TE SEE SHANG-TE (q.v.); but the very circumstance that the … Continue reading “Shin”

Shimshai

Shimshai (Heb. Shimshay’, ,’ my suns, or sunny’; Sept. v. r. , etc.), a scribe or secretary of Rehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered province of Judaea and of the colony at Samaria. supported by the Persian court (Ezr 4:8-9; Ezr 4:17; Ezr 4:23). B.C. 529. He was apparently an Aramaean, … Continue reading “Shimshai”