From the verb סור (sur), to turn aside. Related names • Via סור (sur): Ellasar, Masoretes, Sardis, Sarid, Sered, Sirah The name Sur in the Bible The name Sur occurs only once in the Bible. Apparently it's the name of a gate associated with Solomon's temple ...
The name Philippi in the Bible The in the Bible often mentioned Macedonian settlement of Philippi (not to be confused with Caesarea Philippi in Syria) was founded in 356 BC by king Philip II (father of Alexander the Great) as little more than a fort to control the gold-rich region and ...
He, with Teishbash, god of the atmosphere, and Ardinish, the Sun-god, formed "the company of the mighty gods." Auish, god of water; Ayash, god of the earth; Shelardish, the Moon-god; Sardish, the Year-god; and 42 other gods are mentioned. Sari was a goddess, probably ...
Sardis (3:1-6) Philadelphia (3:7-13) Laodicea (3:14-22) The Throne, the Scroll and the Lamb (chs. 4-5) The Throne in Heaven (ch. 4) The Seven-Sealed Scroll (5:1-5) The Lamb Slain (5:6-14) The Seven Seals (6:1;8:1) ...
Equally exotic is a possible reference to the amazing nuraghes of the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia. In recent antiquity it was believed that Sardinia was named after a lady named Sardo, whose name in turn derived from Sardis, the capital of Lydia, which in the verbal universe of the New...
Johnthe Revelator addresses the "seven churches that are in Asia" (Revelation 1:4), which of course correspond to the cities he names:Ephesus,Smyrna,Pergamum,Thyatira,Sardis,PhiladelphiaandLaodicea(1:11), but his mentioning of Christ as the first-born (Revelation 1:5) also draws attention to...