Dictionary entry

Bel

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bel, bal (bel): Appellative name of a Bah god (compare BAAL), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compareIsa 46:1;Jer 51:44; Baruch 6:41).

SeeBABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

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