How to use Shinar in a sentence
You would suppose that in the whole land of Shinar no wife was ever left a widow before.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-MelvilleThere is none in all the land of Shinar before whom I would not rather bow down my face than the prince.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-MelvilleI am unworthy to reign in Shinar; I am unworthy even to draw bow among the sons of Ashur!
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-MelvilleSo far as our materials enable us to judge, civilised man existed from the beginning in "the land of Shinar."
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald SayceRoses hath he on his forehead, he is crowned with roses from Shinar.
Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster | F. Marion Crawford
British Dictionary definitions for Shinar
/ (ˈʃaɪnə) /
Old Testament the southern part of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, often identified with Sumer; Babylonia
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