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Merathaim
Double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jer 50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding that of other nations.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Jeremiah 50:21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.