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Name meaning: bitter contrition (Hitchcock)
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.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(death), (Jeremiah 50:2) identical with the famous Babylonian Bel or Belus, the word being probably at first a mere epithet of the god, which by degrees superseded his proper appellation.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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