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Mes·o·po·ta·mia
/ˌmɛs(ə)pəˈtemiə, mjə/
美索不達米亞
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Mesopotamia
n
:
the
land
between
the
Tigris
and
Euphrates
;
site
of
several
ancient
civilizations
;
part
of
what
is
now
known
as
Iraq
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Mesopotamia
the
country
between
the
two
rivers
(
Heb
.
Aram-naharaim
; i.e.,
"
Syria
of
the
two
rivers
"),
the
name
given
by
the
Greeks
and
Romans
to
the
region
between
the
Euphrates
and
the
Tigris
(
Gen
.
24:10;
Deut
. 23:4;
Judg
. 3:8, 10).
In
the
Old
Testament
it
is
mentioned
also
under
the
name
"
Padan-aram
;" i.e.,
the
plain
of
Aram
,
or
Syria
(
Gen
. 25:20).
The
northern
portion
of
this
fertile
plateau
was
the
original
home
of
the
ancestors
of
the
Hebrews
(
Gen
. 11;
Acts
7:2).
From
this
region
Isaac
obtained
his
wife
Rebecca
(
Gen
. 24:10, 15),
and
here
also
Jacob
sojourned
(28:2-7)
and
obtained
his
wives
,
and
here
most
of
his
sons
were
born
(35:26; 46:15).
The
petty
,
independent
tribes
of
this
region
,
each
under
its
own
prince
,
were
warlike
,
and
used
chariots
in
battle
.
They
maintained
their
independence
till
after
the
time
of
David
,
when
they
fell
under
the
dominion
of
Assyria
,
and
were
absorbed
into
the
empire
(2
Kings
19:13).
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Mesopotamia
,
between
two
rivers
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