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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(high land). A high mountain of
Armenia
, and resting place of
Noah
’s ark (
Gen. 8:4
4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. (Genesis 8:4)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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A
kingdom
which was called upon by
God
, in conjunction with
Medes
,
Persians
, and others, under one
captain
,
Cyrus
, to punish
Babylon
in revenge of
Israel
(
Jer. 51:27
27
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. (Jeremiah 51:27)
). It is identified with
Urartu
or
Urardhu
of the
Assyrian
inscriptions, a district in
Armenia
, in which is Mount Ararat, on some part of which the
ark of
Noah
rested (Gen.s 8:4). The mount is situate 39° 45' N, 44° 28' E, and its extreme height is about 17,000 feet above
the
sea
, covered with perpetual
snow
. Objection has been taken to its great height, but it may not have been on its highest part that the ark rested.
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Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
the curse reversed: precipitation of curse
Call: 1-630-543-1441
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