babylonize
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4ADJ.
all, intended, young
VERB + BABYLONIZE
assyrianize
BABYLONIZE + NOUN
israelites, people, peoples
ADV.
rather
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verb
Alternative form of Babylonize.
With later streams of immigration coming from the West, as, for instance, in the Nisin dynasty (third millennium B.C.), the name in its original form continued to be brought into the country; but coming in when the early Sumerian forms of the Semitic names, as well as the religion, had been babylonized, they were treated as distinct deities.
But eventually the Syrian Hittites succumbed, and though they retained much of their own culture, including their peculiar hieroglyphic system, yet their art became entirely babylonized or assyrized, as we see it in the later sculptures of the Aramaean palaces of Sinjirli and Sakjegözü.
verb
To make or become more Babylonian.
Nebuchadnezzar had that name given to Azariah, for the same reason that he changed the name of Daniel to that of Belteshazzar. It was done in order to nationalize—or rather to Babylonize—all the four throughout, by giving them Chaldean names, bearing the names of the gods Bel and Nego or Nebo.
The king intended to "Babylonize" these young Israelites so they would forget their past and acquiesce to their new cultural environment.
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6With later streams of immigration coming from the West, as, for instance, in the Nisin dynasty (third millennium B.C.), the name in its original form continued to be brought into the country; but comi
WiktionaryBut eventually the Syrian Hittites succumbed, and though they retained much of their own culture, including their peculiar hieroglyphic system, yet their art became entirely babylonized or assyrized,
WiktionaryDisobedience to the God of Heaven, the effect of Nebuchadnezzar's intention to babylonize these young people, would have brought not only the foursome's demise, but the destruction of the entire Babyl
WiktionaryNebuchadnezzar had that name given to Azariah, for the same reason that he changed the name of Daniel to that of Belteshazzar. It was done in order to nationalize—or rather to Babylonize—all the four
WiktionaryThe king intended to "Babylonize" these young Israelites so they would forget their past and acquiesce to their new cultural environment.
WiktionaryThe conquered peoples were gradually "Hellenized",* whereas earlier Middle Eastern empires had not attempted to "Assyrianize" or "Babylonize" their subject peoples but had merely collected taxes.
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