Bible Dictionary: Merodach

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Merodach

bitter contrition

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Merodach

(death), (Jeremiah 50:2) identical with the famous Babylonian Bel or Belus, the word being probably at first a mere epithet of the god, which by degrees superseded his proper appellation.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Merodach

An idol of the Babylonians, representing probably the planet Mars, Jeremiah 50:2. The names of Babylonish kings were also sometimes compounded with this name, as Evil-Merodach and Merodach-Baladan, Isaiah 39:1, who is also called Berodach-Baladan in 2 Kings 20:12.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the planet Mars (Jeremiah 50:2), or it may be another name of Bel, the guardian divinity of Babylon. This name frequently occurs as a surname to the kings of Assyria and Babylon.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MERODACH

me-ro'-dak, mer'-o-dak (merodhakh): The supreme deity of the Babylonians (Jeremiah 50:2); the Nimrod of Genesis 10:8-12; and among the constellations, Orion.

See ASTRONOMY, sec. II, 11; BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF; NIMROD.

Strong's Hebrew

192. Evil Merodak -- "man of Merodach," son and successor of ...
... "man of Merodach," son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar. Transliteration: Evil Merodak
Phonetic Spelling: (ev-eel' mer-o-dak') Short Definition: Evil-merodach. ...
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4757. Merodak Baladan -- a king of Babylon
... a king of Babylon. Transliteration: Merodak Baladan Phonetic Spelling: (mer-o-dak'
bal-aw-dawn') Short Definition: Merodach-baladan. ... Merodach-baladan. ...
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4781. Merodak -- a god worshiped by the Bab.
... NASB Word Usage Marduk (1). Merodach. Of foreign derivation; Merodak, a Babylonian
idol -- Merodach. Compare Mro'dak Bal'adan. see HEBREW Mro'dak Bal'adan. ...
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Library

Nineveh.
... At Babylon a prince named Merodach Baladan had set himself up against
Sennacherib, and sought the friendship of Hezekiah. When the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson ix nineveh.htm

The Eve of the Restoration
... He there ascribes his conquest to 'Merodach, the great lord,' and distinctly calls
himself that god's 'worshipper.' Like other polytheists, he had room in his ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the eve of the restoration.htm

For whom and with what Object Written.
... See also Sayce's art. in Hastings' DB on Merodach-Baladan, where M. seems identified
with Bel; also art. Merodach. [66] Daniel, Oxf. 1792, p. 40. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/for whom and with what 3.htm

Babylon.
... They had nearly the same gods as the Ninevites, but thought the special protector
of their city was Bel-Merodach, the name by which they called the planet ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xi babylon.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... own. The new lord of the country, Ilumailu, having abandoned his patrimonial
inheritance, came to reside near to Merodach.*. * The ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

Babylonia and Assyria
... the Semitic conquest Mul-lil came to be addressed as Bel or "Lord," and when the
rise of Babylon caused the worship of its patron-deity Bel-Merodach to spread ...
/.../early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter vi babylonia and assyria.htm

History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8
... The upheaval of the entire Eastern world on the accession of Sennacherib -- Revolt
of Babylon: return of Merodach-baladan and his efforts to form a coalition ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 8/title page.htm

Cyrus.
... many years. Afterwards, in the year 540, he marched against Assyria, which
had insulted him in the time of Evil-Merodach. He beat ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xii cyrus.htm

Religious and Social State.
... The captives evidently had alleviations granted them in Babylon by their conquerors,
witness Evil-Merodach's kindness to Jehoiachin, II. Kings xxv.28. ...
/.../daubney/the three additions to daniel a study/religious and social state 2.htm

On the Prophet Isaiah. I.
... And Merodach the Chaldean, king of Babylon, being struck with amazement at that
time"for he studied the science of astrology, and measured the courses of ...
/.../the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/on the prophet isaiah i.htm

Thesaurus

Merodach (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MERODACH. ... II, 11; BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION
OF; NIMROD. Multi-Version Concordance Merodach (2 Occurrences). ...
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Merodach-baladan (2 Occurrences)
Merodach-baladan. Merodachbaladan, Merodach-baladan. Mer'odach-bal'adan . Easton's
Bible Dictionary ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MERODACH-BALADAN. ...
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Evil-merodach (2 Occurrences)
Evil-merodach. Evilmerodach, Evil-merodach. E'vil-Mer'odach . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EVIL-MERODACH. ...
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Merodachbaladan (1 Occurrence)
...Merodach has given a son, (Isaiah 39:1), "the hereditary chief of the Chaldeans,
a small tribe at that time settled in the marshes at the mouth of the Euphrates ...
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Baladan (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian
king (2 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 39:1) Merodach-baladan (qv). Int. ...
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Succoth-benoth (1 Occurrence)
... Tents of daughters, supposed to be the name of a Babylonian deity, the goddess
Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach, worshipped by the colonists in Samaria (2 Kings ...
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Succothbenoth (1 Occurrence)
... Tents of daughters, supposed to be the name of a Babylonian deity, the goddess
Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach, worshipped by the colonists in Samaria (2 Kings ...
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Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)
... Chaldaia, Chaldaioi): 1. Geographical Position Seats of the Chaldeans 2. Originally
Sumero-Akkadian 3. History of the Chaldean Tribes 4. Merodach-baladan and ...
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Evilmerodach (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Merodach's man, the son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar,
king of Babylon (2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 52:31, 34). ... EVIL-MERODACH. ...
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Chaldea (8 Occurrences)
... Chaldaia, Chaldaioi): 1. Geographical Position Seats of the Chaldeans 2. Originally
Sumero-Akkadian 3. History of the Chaldean Tribes 4. Merodach-baladan and ...
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Bible Concordance

Merodach (2 Occurrences)

Isaiah 39:1 At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 50:2 Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Merodach

Merodach: A Babylonian Idol

Related Terms

Merodach-baladan (2 Occurrences)

Evil-merodach (2 Occurrences)

Merodachbaladan (1 Occurrence)

Baladan (2 Occurrences)

Succoth-benoth (1 Occurrence)

Succothbenoth (1 Occurrence)

Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)

Evilmerodach (2 Occurrences)