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Definition of Semitic deity
1. Noun. A deity worshipped by the ancient Semites.
Specialized synonyms: Adad, Adapa, Anshar, Antum, Anu, Apsu, Aruru, Ashir, Ashur, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Ishtar, Mylitta, Baal, Bel, Dagon, Dagan, Damgalnunna, Damkina, Dumuzi, Tammuz, Ea, Enki, En-lil, Enlil, Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigal, Ereshkigel, Girru, Gula, Igigi, Inanna, Ki, Kishar, Mama, Baal Merodach, Bel-merodach, Marduk, Merodach, Molech, Moloch, Nabu, Nebo, Nammu, Namtar, Namtaru, Nanna, Nergal, Nina, Ningal, Ningirsu, Ningishzida, Ninhursag, Ninkharsag, Ninkhursag, Nintoo, Nintu, Ninib, Ninurta, Nusku, Ramman, Sarpanitu, Zarpanit, Zirbanit, Shamash, Sin, Tashmit, Tashmitum, Tiamat, Utnapishtim, Utu, Utug, Zu, Zubird
Specialized synonyms: Anunnaki, Enuki, Lilith
Category relationships: Antiquity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semitic Deity
Literary usage of Semitic deity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Empire of the Amorites by Albert Tobias Clay (1919)
"However, it must be admitted that the West Semitic deity, Amurru or Uru, regarded
as the original deity from whom the others evolved, was primarily a ..."
2. A Commentary on the First Book of Samuel by Loring Woart Batten (1919)
"Ashtaroth is the plural form of an ancient Semitic deity, now well known under
the Assyrian form as Ishtar. The cult of this god extended to the west, ..."
3. A Commentary on the First Book of Samuel by Loring Woart Batten (1919)
"Ashtaroth is the plural form of an ancient Semitic deity, now well known under
the Assyrian form as Ishtar. The cult of this god extended to the west, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"As Sin, a Semitic deity, he was located at Harran, also associated with Abraham,
and he gave its name to the mountain and peninsula of Sinai. ..."
5. The Bible for Home & School by Shailer Mathews (1919)
"Ashtaroth is the plural form of an ancient Semitic deity, now well known under the
... another ancient Semitic deity whose cult was extensive in Canaan. ..."
6. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"8 His original scat is uncertain ; by some scholars he is regarded as an old
North Semitic deity, but the grounds for this view are not convincing. ..."
7. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"His original seat is uncertain ; by some scholars he is regarded as an old North
Semitic deity, but the grounds for this view are not convincing. ..."
8. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1908)
"As Sin, a Semitic deity, he was located at Harran, also associated with Abraham,
and he gave its name ..."
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