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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70043" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70043" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Erech]] (''ç'rek'' ), ''enduring.'' [[A]] city of Nimrod. Genesis 10:10. Its people are called [[Archevites]] and noticed in connection with the Babylonians. Ezra 4:9. [[Jerome]] identifies Erech with Edessa, in Mesopotamia; others identify it with Orchoe or Orech of the Greek and Roman geographers. It corresponded to modern Warka, about 120 miles southeast of Babylon. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50937" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50937" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72564" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72564" /> == | ||
<p> '''E'rech.''' ''(length).'' One of the cities of Nimrod's kingdom, in the land of Shinar, Genesis 10:10, doubtless the same as Orchoe, 82 miles south and 43 east of | <p> '''E'rech.''' ''(length).'' One of the cities of Nimrod's kingdom, in the land of Shinar, Genesis 10:10, doubtless the same as Orchoe, 82 miles south and 43 east of [[Babylon]] , the modern designations of the site - ''Warka'' , ''Irka'' and ''Irak'' - bearing a considerable affinity to the original name. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15953" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15953" /> == | ||
