Definition of Ninurta

1. Noun. A solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod.

Exact synonyms: Ninib
Geographical relationships: Babylon, Sumer
Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ninurta

Ninigino-Mikoto
Ninkharsag
Ninkhursag
Ninlil
Ninotsminda
Nintendinitis
Nintendo
Nintendo thumb
Nintendocore
Nintendonitis
Nintendos
Ninth of Ab
Ninth of Av
Nintoo
Nintu
Ninurta (current term)
Niobe
Niobrara
Niobrara River
Nipa fruticans
Niphon
Nipkow disk
Nipkow disks
Nippo-
Nippon
Nipponese
Nipponism
Nipponophile
Nipponophiles
Nippur

Literary usage of Ninurta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Images, Power, and Politics: Figurative Aspects of Esarhaddon's Babylonian by Barbara N. Porter (1993)
"... in Babylon by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I in 1244 and its subsequent brief residence in Assyria encouraged the growth of the Marduk cult there. ..."

2. Astral Magic in Babylonia by Erica Reiner (1995)
"Le récit épique et didactique des Travaux de Ninurta, du Déluge et de la Nouvelle Création (Leiden: Brill, 1983). ..."

3. Old Babylonian Contracts by Edward Chiera (1922)
"... the devotee of the god Ninurta, the daughter of ... the devotee of the god Ninurta, the daughter of ..."

4. The Empire of the Amorites by Albert Tobias Clay (1919)
"... and Ninurta, is explained as 'Lord of Armenia' or as 'Lord of Iron.' The latest is that of Luckenbill (AJSL 35 59 f.), who inquires whether it isn't ..."

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