Hammurabi

[ hah-moo-rah-bee, ham-oo- ]

/ ˌhɑ mʊˈrɑ bi, ˌhæm ʊ- /

noun

18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.

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Also Ham·mu·ra·pi

[hah-moo-rah-pee, ham-oo-] /ˌhɑ mʊˈrɑ pi, ˌhæm ʊ-/.

Compare Code of Hammurabi.

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Example sentences from the Web for hammurabi

This is at least better than the Code of Hammurabi, which considered the rape victim an adulteress.
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It is under the latter title that Hammurabi refers to her in his Code of Laws, where she is tenth in a series of eleven deities.
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Abraham may have lived as early as the days of Hammurabi in Babylon.
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It had its risks of abuse, and if Hammurabi had stopped there, he might have done more harm than good.
The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples|C. H. W. Johns
These should show, if not identity, at least affinity with the Code of Hammurabi.
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During the Hammurabi Age Amurru was significantly popular in personal names.
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British Dictionary definitions for hammurabi

Hammurabi

Hammurapi

/ (ˌhæmʊˈrɑːbɪ) /

noun

?18th century bc, king of Babylonia; promulgator of one of the earliest known codes of law

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Cultural definitions for hammurabi

Hammurabi

[ (ham-uh-rah-bee, hah-muh-rah-bee) ]

A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code.