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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71362" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71362" /> == | ||
<p> '''Arme'nia.''' ''(land of Aram).'' Armenia is nowhere mentioned under that name in the original Hebrew, though it occurs in the English version, 2 Kings 19:37, for Ararat. </p> <p> '''Description.''' - Armenia is that lofty plateau whence the rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Araxes and Acampsis pour down their waters in different directions; the first two to the [[Persian]] Gulf, the last two respectively to the Caspian and [[Euxine]] seas. It may be termed the ''nucleus'' of the mountain system of western Asia. From the centre of the plateau rise two lofty chains of mountains, which run from east to west. </p> <p> '''Divisions.''' - Three districts are mentioned in the Bible. </p> <p> (1) | <p> '''Arme'nia.''' ''(land of Aram).'' Armenia is nowhere mentioned under that name in the original Hebrew, though it occurs in the English version, 2 Kings 19:37, for Ararat. </p> <p> '''Description.''' - Armenia is that lofty plateau whence the rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Araxes and Acampsis pour down their waters in different directions; the first two to the [[Persian]] Gulf, the last two respectively to the Caspian and [[Euxine]] seas. It may be termed the ''nucleus'' of the mountain system of western Asia. From the centre of the plateau rise two lofty chains of mountains, which run from east to west. </p> <p> '''Divisions.''' - Three districts are mentioned in the Bible. </p> <p> (1) [[Ararat]] is mentioned as the place whither the sons of [[Sennacherib]] fled. Isaiah 37:38. It was the central district, surrounding the mountain of that name. </p> <p> (2) [[Minni]] only occurs in Jeremiah 51:27. It is probably identical with the district Minyas, in the upper valley of the ''Murad-su'' branch of the Euphrates. </p> <p> (3) [[Togarmah]] is noticed in two passages of Ezekiel 27:14; Ezekiel 38:6 both of which are in favor of its identity with Armenia. </p> <p> '''Present condition.''' - The Armenians, numbering about two millions, are nominally Christians. About half of them live in Armenia. Their favorite pursuit is commerce. The country is divided, as to government, between Russia, [[Turkey]] and Persia. - Editor. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69523" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69523" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Armenia]] (''ar-mç'ni-ä'' ), ''mountains of Minni'' (?) The English name for a country called [[Ararat]] in the Hebrew, 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38, [[A.]] [[V.,]] but the [[R.]] [[V.]] has Ararat in both of these places; hence "Armenia" does not occur in the Revised English Version. Armenia is in western Asia, between the Caspian and the Black Seas, and the [[Caucasus]] and [[Taurus]] ranges of mountains. Three districts, probably included in Armenia, are mentioned in the Bible—Ararat, [[Minni]] and Ashchenaz, and Togarmah. 1. Ararat was a central region near the range of mountains of the same name. 2. Minni and Ashchenaz, Jeremiah 51:27, districts in the upper valley of a branch of the Euphrates. 3. Togarmah, Ezekiel 27:14; Ezekiel 38:6, was apparently the name by which the most, or perhaps the whole, of the land was known to the Hebrews. The present number of Armenians is estimated to be from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000, of whom about 1,000,000 live in Armenia. Its chief modern towns are Erzeroum, Erivan, and Van. See Ararat. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15443" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15443" /> == | ||
