Hypertext Webster Gateway: "NERGAL"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Nergal
n : (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world
of the dead [syn: {Nergal}]
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