Ur of the Chaldees

American  

[kal-deez, kal-deez] / kælˈdiz, ˈkæl diz /

noun

1. the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Genesis. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Nehemiah 9:7.

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Etymology

Origin of Ur of the Chaldees

From Late Latin Ur Chaldeorum; further origin uncertain

Example Sentences

In 2009, Rebecca Solnit wrote, “Phoenix will be like Jericho or Ur of the Chaldees, with the shriveled relics of golf courses and the dusty hills of swimming pools added on.”

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

Curtis said the hope was that the museum would show artefacts from richly historical sites, including the biblical city Ur of the Chaldees, birthplace of Abraham.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2010

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old board at the site of Ur of the Chaldees in Iraq.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2010

Art expert Bernard Berenson described her as looking "like a statue from Ur of the Chaldees."

From Time Magazine Archive

Abram came to Canaan through Haran from Ur of the Chaldees; and in Canaan the religious ideas, myths, and legends of Babylon must have been well known.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan