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Adonis was equated with Tammuz by Clement of Alexandria, Origen and Jerome. Origen said Tammuz was his real name and that Adonis was his title, “Lord”, just like the Biblical “Adonai”, meaning "Lord", or Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem.
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Apr 9, 2014 · The Greek text of Acts 9.5 reads as follows, with Paul's question in bold: εἶπεν δέ· τίς εἶ, κύριε ; ὁ δέ· ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις·. Paul addressed Jesus with κύριε. While 'lord' is a possible translation, it is more likely the intended meaning in this case is that of 'sir'.
The name Adonis is believed to be of Phoenician origin (from ʾadōn, “lord”), Adonis himself being identified with the Babylonian god Tammuz. Shakespeare’s poem Venus and Adonis (1593) is based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses , Book X.
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Adonis's name comes from a Canaanite word meaning "lord" and most modern scholars consider the story of Aphrodite and Adonis to be derived from a Levantine version of the earlier Mesopotamian myth of Inanna (Ishtar) and Dumuzid (Tammuz).
Adonis. ADONIS ə dō’ nĭs (̓́Αδωνις, from אָדﯴן, H123, lord). The Syrian deity of vegetation which wilts under the hot summer sun. He was called tammuzu or dūzi in Akkad.; tammuz in Heb. In Syria and Phoenicia he was known as ’adōnī, from which comes his Gr. name Adonis.
Feb 21, 2016 · Adonis was a very beautiful young man in Greek mythology, who was a lover of the goddess Aphrodite. He was the object of a fight between Aphrodite and Persephone and ended up spending four months with Persephone in the underworld and eight months with Aphrodite on earth, symbolizing the seasons.
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Mar 10, 2023 · According to most authorities, the myth of Adonis began when the princess Myrrha (sometimes called Smyrna) offended the goddess Aphrodite. To punish the girl, Aphrodite made her fall in love with her own father, King Cinyras.
