Nergal

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Nergal
       n : (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world
           of the dead

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Nergal
     the great dog; that is, lion, one of the chief gods of the
     Assyrians and Babylonians (2 Kings 17:30), the god of war and
     hunting. He is connected with Cutha as its tutelary deity.
     

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

  Nergal, the great man; the hero