Merodach

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.


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MERODACH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.