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Nergal
The great dog; that is, lion, one of the chief gods of the Assyrians and Babylonians (2 Kgs 17:30), the god of war and hunting. He is connected with Cutha as its tutelary deity.
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 2 Kings 17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.