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Anammelech
One of the gods worshipped by the people of Sepharvaim, who colonized Samaria (2 Kgs 17:31). The name means “Anu is king.” It was a female deity representing the moon, as Adrammelech (q.v.) was the male representing the sun.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 2 Kings 17:31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
