5370. Nergal
Strong's Lexicon
Nergal: Nergal

Original Word: נֵרְגַּל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Nergal
Pronunciation: NEHR-gahl
Phonetic Spelling: (nare-gal')
Definition: Nergal
Meaning: Nergal

Word Origin: Of foreign origin, likely from Akkadian or Babylonian roots.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - 2 Kings 17:30 (BSB): "The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima."

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Nergal in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a specific name of a foreign deity.

Usage: Nergal is a name used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a deity worshiped by the people of Cuth (a region associated with ancient Mesopotamia).

Cultural and Historical Background: In the biblical context, Nergal is identified as a god of war and pestilence, often associated with the underworld.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a heathen god
NASB Translation
Nergal (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
נֵרְגָ֑ל proper name, of a divinity (Phoenician נרגל CISi.119. 2) — worshipped by men of Cuth, 2 Kings 17:30 (see SchrCOT 2 Kings 17:30 JenKosmol. 476-490 Muss-ArnJBL xi (1892), 168).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Nergal

Of foreign origin; Nergal, a Cuthite deity -- Nergal.

Forms and Transliterations
נֵֽרְגַ֑ל נרגל nê·rə·ḡal nereGal nêrəḡal
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Kings 17:30
HEB: עָשׂ֖וּ אֶת־ נֵֽרְגַ֑ל וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י חֲמָ֖ת
NAS: of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath
KJV: made Nergal, and the men
INT: of Cuth made Nergal the men of Hamath

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 5370
1 Occurrence


nê·rə·ḡal — 1 Occ.















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