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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Nergal

nar'-gal (nereghal):

A Babylonian deity, identified with the planet Mars, and worshipped at Cutha (compare 2 Kings 17:30).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.