केंद्रीय फिलिस्तीन में एक प्राचीन शहर 9 वीं शताब्दी ईसा पूर्व में इस्राएल के उत्तरी हिब्रू साम्राज्य की राजधानी के रूप में स्थापित किया गया था; साइट वर्तमान में नॉर्थवेस्टर्न जॉर्डन में है

Noun:

सामरिया,

samaria's Usage Examples:

To the same period belong the book of Micah, the earlier parts of the books of Samuel, of Isaiah and of Proverbs, and perhaps some Psalms. In 722 B.C. Samaria was taken and the Northern kingdom ceased to exist.

The hill of Samaria is separated from the surrounding mountains (Amos iii.

The site of Samaria is an enormous mound of accumulation, one of the largest in Palestine.

in the time of Jehoahaz again besieged Samaria, and caused a famine in the city; but some panic led them to raise the siege (2 Kings vi., vii.).

had done in Samaria (r Kings xx.

24, Omri, king of Israel, bought Samaria from a certain Shemer (whose name is said to be the origin of that of the city), and transferred thither his capital from Tirzah.

SAMARIA, an ancient city of Palestine.

The Idumaean Antipater was appointed by Julius Caesar procurator of Judaea, Samaria and Galilee, as a reward for services rendered against Pompey.

is similar to that of xvi., except that in the latter Samaria is relatively treated with favour, while in the former it (Aholah) is involved in the same condemnation as that of Jerusalem.

4 ff.) gives the duration of the national punishment in loose chronological reckoning: 40 years (a round number) for Judah, and 150 more (according to the corrected text) for Israel, the starting-point, probably, being the year 722, the date of the capture of Samaria; the procedure described in v.

samaria's Meaning':

an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan

Synonyms:

Palestine, Promised Land, Canaan, Holy Land,

Antonyms:

Hell,