Noah vs Ashur - What's the difference?
noah | ashur |
(religion) A figure in Abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the Great Flood.
* 1611 , 7:7 :
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* 1984 , Parachutes & Kisses , ISBN:0451138775, page 354:
The 71st sura (chapter) of the Quran
(Australian, Australian rhyming slang) ; shark.
* 1998 , Phillip Gwynne, Deadly Unna? ,
* 2003 , Kurt Blanksby, Fishing Guide to Western Australia , Revised and updated 2010,
* 2006 , Andrew Whitehead, Solomon Quest ,
the head of the Assyrian pantheon, later identified with Anshar
the city of Assur
a common given name among Assyrian people
grandson of Noah in Genesis
As proper nouns the difference between noah and ashur
is that noah is (religion) a figure in abrahamic religions, believed to have built an ark to save his family and members of each species of animal from the great flood while ashur is the head of the assyrian pantheon, later identified with anshar.As a noun noah
is (australian|australian rhyming slang) ; shark.noah
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
- Easy to account for those trends - but what of post-Vietnam America and its generation of little Noahs ? Were we expecting a flood momentarily?
Derived terms
* Noahide * Noahite * NoahticSee also
* ("Noah" on Wikipedia)Etymology 2
Abbreviation of Australian rhyming slang .Noun
(en noun)unnumbered page,
- I pulled the line in. There was a head on the end. That?s all – just the fish?s head, the body had been bitten off.
- Then Team-man pulled in a head. So did the old man.
- ‘Noahs. That?s the end of that,’ said the old man. ‘Looks like we?re going anyway.’
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- Balloon fishing from the rock when the winds are correct can be a very productive way to target big mackerel and tuna, however the large number of sharks means that you will spend plenty of time battling unstoppable noahs between decent macks.
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- It looks like Jim and Rene are going ahead of us to chase away any big Noahs that might be lurking around.” Scott grinned to show that it was a joke and Jim waved to the group in acknowledgement.
- “What do you mean ‘Noahs ’?” asked a hefty millionaire from Minneapolis.
- “Noah?s Arks,” one of the Australians answered for Scott. “Sharks.”