Merodach

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Merodach
       n : the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu [syn: {Marduk},
            {Baal Merodach}, {Bel-Merodach}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Merodach
     death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the
     planet Mars (Jer. 50:2), or it may be another name of Bel, the
     guardian divinity of Babylon. This name frequently occurs as a
     surname to the kings of Assyria and Babylon.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Merodach, bitter contrition