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- Adonis (ςΑδωνις, prob. from a Phoenician form of the Hebrew אָדוֹן, lord), was, according to Apollodorus (3, 14, 3), the son of Cinyrus and Medane, or, according to other accounts (Hesiod and Panyasis in Apollod. ut sup. 14), of Phoenix and Alphesibcea, or of an Assyrian king, Theias, by his own daughter, Smyrna, who was changed into a myrrh-tree (σμύρνα) in endeavoring to escape her father's rage on discovering the incest.
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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.
Adonis (ςΑδωνις, prob. from a Phoenician form of the Hebrew אָדוֹן, lord), was, according to Apollodorus (3, 14, 3), the son of Cinyrus and Medane, or, according to other accounts (Hesiod and Panyasis in Apollod. ut sup. 14), of Phoenix and Alphesibcea, or of an Assyrian king, Theias, by his own daughter, Smyrna, who was changed ...
In Greek mythology, Adonis (Ancient Greek: Ἄδωνις, romanized: Adōnis; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍, romanized: Adón) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone. He was famous and considered to be the ideal of male beauty in classical antiquity.
What the Bible says about Adonis. (From Forerunner Commentary) Two key figures in the origin of Christmas are Nimrod, a great grandson of Noah, and his mother and wife, Semiramis, also known as Ishtar and Isis.
Adonis (ςΑδωνις, prob. from a Phoenician form of the Hebrew אָדוֹן, lord), was, according to Apollodorus (3, 14, 3), the son of Cinyrus and Medane, or, according to other accounts (Hesiod and Panyasis in Apollod. ut sup. 14), of Phoenix and Alphesibcea, or of an Assyrian king, Theias, by his own daughter, Smyrna, who was changed ...
The Birth of Adonis? Cyprus excavation suggests a connection between the Greek god and the Hebrew Adon. By Pamela Gaber, William G. Dever. How does a site get lost? It happens.
A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood was fabled to have stained the flower. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ADONIS. a-do'-nis: A name for the Babylonian god TAMMUZ, which see.
