Evil merodakh אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ
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| אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | evil merodakh |
| Strong's number | H192 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Evil-merodach |
| Occurrences | 4 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Kings (1) |
Evil merodakh (Hebrew אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְ, Strong's H192) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Evil-merodach”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.27
§ Evil Merodach = "man of Merodach"
son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Neo-Babylonian empire, 562-560 BC
§ Evil Merodach = "man of Merodach"
son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Neo-Babylonian empire, 562-560 BC
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | evil merodach (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | evil merodach (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Evil merodakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 25:27And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 52:31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).