The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature, Volume 1John Kitto Newman & Ivison, 1851 |
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... Persian khurpoozeh , and in Hindee khurbooja . It is probably a native of the Persian region , whence it has been carried south into India , and north into Europe , the Indian being a slight corruption of the Persian name . As the ...
... Persian khurpoozeh , and in Hindee khurbooja . It is probably a native of the Persian region , whence it has been carried south into India , and north into Europe , the Indian being a slight corruption of the Persian name . As the ...
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... Persian books referred to in a Note , the author finds Battich hindee given as the Arabic of turbooz , which is the name as signed in India to the water - melon . So Alpinus , speaking of the anguria in Egypt , says , vulgo Batech el ...
... Persian books referred to in a Note , the author finds Battich hindee given as the Arabic of turbooz , which is the name as signed in India to the water - melon . So Alpinus , speaking of the anguria in Egypt , says , vulgo Batech el ...
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... Persia . The present writer , when at Tabreez , in the days of Abbas Meerza , was acquainted with a Persian khan who lived in continual anxiety and alarm lest his only daughter should be required for the harem of the prince , who , he ...
... Persia . The present writer , when at Tabreez , in the days of Abbas Meerza , was acquainted with a Persian khan who lived in continual anxiety and alarm lest his only daughter should be required for the harem of the prince , who , he ...
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... Persian two such words would be united into one by a vowel of union , which is certainly highly conducive to euphony , and the compound would appear in the form steamiboat or steamobôtos . As we are quite destitute of such apparatus ...
... Persian two such words would be united into one by a vowel of union , which is certainly highly conducive to euphony , and the compound would appear in the form steamiboat or steamobôtos . As we are quite destitute of such apparatus ...
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... Persian empire was divided . Strictly speaking , they had an extended civil jurisdiction over several smaller provinces , each of which had its own or governor . Thus Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were governors ' of Judea , under the Persian ...
... Persian empire was divided . Strictly speaking , they had an extended civil jurisdiction over several smaller provinces , each of which had its own or governor . Thus Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were governors ' of Judea , under the Persian ...
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Page 234 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive ; Thou hast received gifts for men ; , Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.