MERODACH

me-ro'-dak, mer'-o-dak (merodhakh): The supreme deity of the Babylonians (Jeremiah 50:2); the Nimrod of Genesis 10:8-12; and among the constellations, Orion.

See ASTRONOMY, I , sec. II, 11; BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF; NIMROD.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.