Bible Encyclopedia: Nergal

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

NERGAL

nar'-gal (nereghal): A Babylonian deity, identified with the planet Mars, and worshipped at Cutha (compare 2 Kings 17:30).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

Strong's Hebrew

5371. Nergal Sharetser -- a Bab. court official
Nergal Sharetser. 5370, 5371. Nergal Sharetser. 5372 . a Bab. court official.
Transliteration: Nergal Sharetser Phonetic Spelling ...
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5370. Nergal -- a heathen god
... 5369, 5370. Nergal. 5371 . a heathen god. Transliteration: Nergal Phonetic
Spelling: (nare-gal') Short Definition: Nergal. Word ...
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Library

The Last Agony
... ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.3. And all the princes of the king
of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar ...
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Appendices
... 705 Merodach-zakir-sumi, 1 month 702 Merodach-baladan III., 6 months 702 Bel-ebus
of Babylon 702 Assur-nadin-sumi, son of Sennacherib 700 Nergal-yusezib 694 ...
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Divided Worship
... The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth' (probably a deity, though the name may mean
booths for purposes of prostitution) and the others 'made Nergal and Ashima ...
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How the King of Babylon Took Jerusalem and Burnt the Temple and ...
... The names of these generals who ravaged and subdued Jerusalem, if any one desire
to know them, were these: Nergal Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, Rabsaris, Sorsechim ...
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Mongrel Religion
... offer sacrifice to him." The men of Cuthah said, "Verily this is good doctrine
concerning the God of Israel; but the god of our fathers was Nergal, and to him ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 27 1881/mongrel religion.htm

The Survival of the Fittest.
... from the horizon a dark cloud, within which Adad thundered, Nabu and Marduk marched
at the front, The heralds passed over mountains and land; Nergal tore out ...
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Sennacherib (705-681 BC )
... Three kings of Babylon at this period bore very similar names"Marduk-ushezib,
Nergal-ushezib, and Mushezib-marduk. Nergal-ushezib ...
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The Old Testament and Comparative Religion
... had its special patron deity; for example, Babylon was the city of Marduk; Nippur,
of Enlil; Ur, of Sin; Sippara, of Shamash; Cuthah, of Nergal; Asshur, of ...
/.../eiselen/the christian view of the old testament/chapter v the old testament.htm

Babylonia and Assyria
... Six years later he was carried off to Elam, and a new king of native origin,
Nergal-yusezib by name, was proclaimed by the Elamites. ...
/.../early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter vi babylonia and assyria.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... Death and the future of the soul"Tombs and the cremation of the dead; the royal
sepulchres and funerary rites"Hades and its sovereigns: Nergal, Allat, the ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nergal

the great man; the hero

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nergal

(hero), one of the chief Assyrian and Babylonian deities, seems to have corresponded closely to the classical Mars. (2 Kings 17:30) It is conjectured that he may represent the deified Nimrod.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Nergal

One of the gods of the Cuthite heathen who were transplanted into Palestine, 2 Kings 7:20. This idol probably represented the planet Mars, which was ever the emblem of bloodshed. Mars is names, by the Zabians and Arabians, ill luck, misfortune. He was represented as holding in one had a drawn sword, and in the other, by the hair, a human head just cut off; his garments were blood red, as the light of the planet is also reddish. His temple among the Arabs was painted red; and they offered to him garments sprinkled with blood, and also a warrior, (probably a prisoner,) who was cast into a pool. The name Nergal appears in the proper names Nergalsharezer. Neriglassar, Jeremiah 39:3,13.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The great dog; that is, lion, one of the chief gods of the Assyrians and Babylonians (2 Kings 17:30), the god of war and hunting. He is connected with Cutha as its tutelary deity.

Thesaurus

Nergal-sharezer (2 Occurrences)
Nergal-sharezer. Nergalsharezer, Nergal-sharezer. Ner'gal-share'zer .
Easton's Bible Dictionary Nergal, protect the king! ...
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Nergal-sarezer (2 Occurrences)
Nergal-sarezer. Nergal, Nergal-sarezer. Nergal-sar-ezer . Multi-Version
Concordance Nergal-sarezer (2 Occurrences). Jeremiah 39:3 ...
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Nergal (3 Occurrences)
...NERGAL. nar'-gal (nereghal): A Babylonian deity, identified with the planet Mars,
and worshipped at Cutha (compare 2 Kings 17:30). ...Nergal (3 Occurrences). ...
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Nergal-sar-ezer (2 Occurrences)
Nergal-sar-ezer. Nergal-sarezer, Nergal-sar-ezer. Nergalsharezer .
Multi-Version Concordance Nergal-sar-ezer (2 Occurrences). ...
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Nergal-shar-ezer (2 Occurrences)
Nergal-shar-ezer. Ner'gal-share'zer, Nergal-shar-ezer. Neri .
Multi-Version Concordance Nergal-shar-ezer (2 Occurrences). ...
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Rabmag (2 Occurrences)
... It is, therefore, a title and not a name, and is accordingly put in appositive
relations to the proper name just preceding, as "Nergal-sharezer, the Rab-mag ...
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Rab-mag (2 Occurrences)
... It is, therefore, a title and not a name, and is accordingly put in appositive
relations to the proper name just preceding, as "Nergal-sharezer, the Rab-mag ...
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Nergalsharezer (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Nergal, protect the king! (1.) One of the ... Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. NERGAL-SHAREZER. nur-gal-sha-re ...
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Sharezer (5 Occurrences)
... Hitzig, (Kritik, 194;), following Abydenus, as quoted by Eusebius, completed the
name of Sennacherib's son, so as to read Nergal-sharezer = Nergal-shar-ucur ...
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Samgar-nebo (1 Occurrence)
... Be gracious, O Nebo! or a cup-bearer of Nebo, probably the title of
Nergal-sharezer, one of the princes of Babylon (Jeremiah 39:3). Int. ...
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Bible Concordance

Nergal (3 Occurrences)

2 Kings 17:30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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Jeremiah 39:3 that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, to wit, Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon;
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Subtopics

Nergal

Nergal: An Idol

Related Terms

Nergal-sarezer (2 Occurrences)

Nergal (3 Occurrences)

Nergal-sar-ezer (2 Occurrences)

Nergal-shar-ezer (2 Occurrences)

Rabmag (2 Occurrences)

Rab-mag (2 Occurrences)

Nergalsharezer (2 Occurrences)

Sharezer (5 Occurrences)