Elephantine definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ELEPHANT'INE, a. Pertaining to ... mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant, jumbo] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1610 1 ... a. having enormous size or strength ; massive b. clumsy, ponderous < elephantine verse > 2. of or relating to an elephant Merriam Webster ... adj. 1 of elephants. 2 a huge. b clumsy, unwieldy (elephantine movements; elephantine humour). Etymology: L elephantinus f. Gk elephantinos (as ELEPHANT) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elephantine El`e*phan"tine, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, ...
Elephantine tortoise definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elephantine El`e*phan"tine, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr ... elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell. Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., ...
Elephantine epoch definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elephantine El`e*phan"tine, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr ... elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell. Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., ...
... a mound which stands on the site of the ancient Elephantine or Yeb, an island in the Nile, on the frontier ... these papyri contains a petition from the Jewish colony in Elephantine addressed to Bagohi (called Bagoas by Josephus, Ant, XI, vii ... to enable them to rebuild the temple of Yahweh in Elephantine, which had been destroyed at the instigation of the priests ... who had a temple in the fortress of Yeb or Elephantine. This Jewish temple had been erected to Yahweh at least ... campaigns of the Pharaohs we have already seen. And that Elephantine was an important garrison town on the frontier is also ... the religious authorities at Jerusalem indicates that the priests of Elephantine regarded their temple as dependent upon the temple at ...
Testudo elephantina definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elephantine El`e*phan"tine, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr ... elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell. Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo ...
T elephantopus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Elephantine El`e*phan"tine, a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr ... elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. --Mantell. Elephantine tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo ...
... View (1) Lay Sacrifice (2) Three Pilgrimage Festivals 5. The Elephantine Papyri The Elephantine Temple LITERATURE 1. Nature of Article: The present article is ... far removed from the intent of the lawgiver. 5. The Elephantine Papyri: The Elephantine Temple. Papyri have recently been found at Elephantine which show us a Jewish community in Egypt which in ...
... Comparison of Aramaic of Assouan with That of Daniel 8. Elephantine Papyri 9. Comparison with Aramaic of the Targums 10. Chief ... Mandean characteristic was a survival from an earlier time. 8. Elephantine Papyri: Another interesting point of contact between the Aramaic of ... this period and that of Daniel is exhibited in the Elephantine papyri published by Sachau. These papyri, discovered in the island of Elephantine (opposite Assouan) in 1907, are three in number, and are ...
... several Aramaic papyri have been found on the Island of Elephantine, just below the First Cataract, dating from 494 to 400 ... Sayce and Cowley, and especially Sachau, Drei aramdische Papyrusurkunden aus Elephantine, 2nd edition, 1908; Aramaische Papyrus und Ostraka, 1911). 4. Greek ... In 1821 an Englishman, Mr. W.J. Bankes, bought an Elephantine roll of the xxivth book of the Iliad, the first ... Papyri; Reinach, Paris Papyri; Jouguet and Lesquier, Lille Papyri; Rubensohn, Elephantine Papyri; Maspero, Cairo Papyri; Goodspeed, Cairo and Chicago Papyri. The ...
... papyri I and II of Sachau (Die aramaischen Papyrusurkunden aus Elephantine, Berlin, 1908, and in his later work, Aramaische Papyrus und ... Jedoniah and his companions the priests who were in Yeb (Elephantine) in Upper Egypt. This letter contained information concerning the state ... and his companions, the priests in the fortress of Yeb (Elephantine). May the God of Heaven inquire much at every time ...
... at that time according to the Aramaic letter written from Elephantine to the priests of Jerusalem, Bagohi was occupying the position ... are to be found: (1) in the Egyptian papyri of Elephantine ("Aramaische Papyri und Ostraka aus einer judischen Militar-Kolonie zu Elephantine," Altorientalische Sprachdenkmaler des 5. Jahrhunderts vor Chr., Bearbeitet von Eduard ...
... The name of Cambyses is found in three of the Elephantine papyri recently published (September, 1911) by Professor Sachau of Berlin ... came to Egypt he found in the fortress of Yeb (Elephantine) a temple or synagogue ('agora'), which had been built in ...