shamash in English dictionary

  • Shamash

    Meanings and definitions of "shamash"

    • The common Akkadian name of the sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
    • proper
      The common Akkadian name of the sun god and god of justice in Babylonia and Assyria, corresponding to Sumerian Utu.
    • noun
      the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
  • shamash

    Meanings and definitions of "shamash"

    • noun
      (Judaism)
      The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah.
    • noun
      A sexton in a synagogue.

    Synonyms of "shamash" in English dictionary

    Another word for "shamash" in the English thesaurus is Semitic deity.

    Grammar and declension of shamash

    • shamash (plural shamashim)

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