Definition of Nusku

1. Noun. God of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru.

Geographical relationships: Assyria
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nusku

Nuptse
Nuremberg
Nuremberg defence
Nuremberg defences
Nuremberg defense
Nuremberg defenses
Nureyev
Nuristani
Nuristanis
Nurnberg
Nurse Ratched
Nusa Tenggara
Nusantara
Nusayri
Nusayris
Nusku (current term)
Nussbaum's experiment
Nutcracker
Nutella
Nutmeg State
Nutmegger
Nutmeggers
Nuttall
Nuttall's oak
Nuttall oak
Nuttallia
Nutter
Nuu-chah-nulth
Nuuk
Nuxálk

Literary usage of Nusku

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"THE BIBLICAL NISROCH AND THE ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN Nusku. BY JOSEPH OFFORD, MSBA The very important and fortunately perfectly preserved cuneiform ..."

2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"THE BIBLICAL NISROCH AND THE ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN Nusku. BY JOSEPH OFFORD, MSBA The very important and fortunately perfectly preserved cuneiform ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The repeated naming of Gibel-Nusku and his attributes destroyed the evil influence in the wax figure representing the person concerned. ..."

4. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1900)
"... -Nusku' (about 1150 BC), we have no information, though we are probably safe in the supposition that his father's work was continued, for we find in ..."

5. The Chaldean Account of Genesis: Containing the Description of the Creation by George Smith (1876)
"Zamn.—Punishment of world.—Hea.—Calls his sons.—Orders drought.—Famine.—Building.— Nusku.— Riddle of wise man. —Nature and universal presence of air.—Gods. ..."

6. Bel, the Christ of Ancient Times by Hugo Radau (1903)
"THE GENEALOGIES OF ISHTAR AND Nusku AND THEIR DIFFICULTIES. TT is admitted by every one who has studied the religion of the '*• Babylonians, that it is from ..."

7. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1904)
"416, note 3, wants to find in this inscription the statement that Nusku is also the son ... 413 and 466) concludes that Nusku = Nergal, the former being the ..."

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