Lexical Summary Evil Merodak: "man of Merodach", son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar Original Word: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְTransliteration: Evil Merodak Phonetic Spelling: (ev-eel' mer-o-dak') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "man of Merodach", son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar Meaning: Evil-merodach -- "man of Merodach", son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar Strong's Concordance Evil-merodach Of Aramaic derivation and probably meaning soldier of Merodak; Evil-Merodak, a Babylonian king -- Evil-merodach. Brown-Driver-Briggs H192. Evil Merodak מְרֹדַךְ אֱוִיּל proper name, masculine (Babylonian Avêl (Amêl) Maruduk, man of Merodach) son & successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, B.C. 562-60, 2 Kings 25:27 (see COT) = Jeremiah 52:31. I. אול (be foolish, compare יאל, & Arabic grow thick (of fluids)). |
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