Nergal

Definition: Nergal

Nergal

Noun

1. (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.

"Nergal" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the great man", "the hero".

Date "Nergal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)

Specialty Definition: Nergal

Domain	Definition
Bible	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. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Nergal

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The name Nergal (or Nirgal or Nirgali) refers to a solar deity in Babylonia with the main seat of his cult at Kutha or Cuthah, represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim.
The importance of Kutha as a religious and at one time also as a political centre led to his surviving the tendency to concentrate the various sun-cults of Babylonia in Shamash. He becomes, however, the representative of a certain phase only of the sun and not of the sun as a whole. Portrayed in hymns and myths as a god of war and pestilence, Nergal definitely seems to represent the sun of noontime and of the summer solstice which brings destruction to mankind. It follows logically that Nergal becomes the deity who presides over the nether-world, and who stands at the head of the special pantheon assigned to the government of the dead (supposed to be gathered in a large subterranean cave known as Aralu or Irkalla). In this capacity he has associated with him a goddess Allatu, though at one time Allatu may have functioned as the sole mistress of Aralu, ruling in her own person. Ordinarily Nergal pairs with his consort Laz. Standard iconography pictured Nergal as a lion, and boundary-stone monuments symbolise him with a mace surmounted by the head of a lion.
As in the case of Ninib, Nergal appears to have absorbed a number of minor solar deities, which might account for the various names or designations under which he appears, such as Lugalgira, Sharrapu ("the burner," perhaps a mere epithet), Ira, Gibil (though this name more properly belongs to Nusku), and Sibitti. A certain confusion exists in cuneiform literature between Ninib and Nergal, perhaps due to the traces of two different conceptions regarding these two solar deities. Nergal has epithets such as the "raging king," the "furious one," and the like. A a play upon his name - separated into three elements as Ne-uru-gal (lord of the great dwelling) - expresses his position at the head of the nether-world pantheon.
In the astral-theological system Nergal becomes the planet Mars, while in ecclesiastical art the great lion-headed colossi serving as guardians to the temples and palaces seem to symbolise Nergal, just as the bull-headed colossi probably typify Ninib.
Nergal's chief temple at Kutha bore the name E-shid-lam, from which the god receives the designation of Shidlamtaea, "the one that rises up from Shidlam."
The cult of Nergal does not appear to have spread as widely as that of Ninib. Hymns and votive and other inscriptions of Babylonian and Assyrian rulers frequently invoke him, but we do not learn of many temples to him outside of Kutha. Sennacherib speaks of one at Tarbisu to the north of Nineveh, but significantly, although Nebuchadnezzar II (606 - 586 BC), the great temple-builder of the neo-Babylonian monarchy, alludes to his operations at E-shid-lam in Kutha, he makes no mention of a sanctuary to Nergal in Babylon. Local associations with his original seat - Kutha - and the conception formed of him as a god of the dead acted in making him feared rather than actively worshipped.
Text originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nergal."

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Crosswords: Nergal

English words defined with "Nergal": Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Nergal": Cock and Bull Story ♦ Nergal-sharezer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nergal

Domain	Title
Books	Alter Orient und Hellas : Fragen d. Beeinflussung griech. Gedankengutes aus altoriental. Quellen, dargest. an den Göttern Nergal, Rescheph, Apollon (reference) Nergal and the Great Space Race (First Graders from Mars, Episode 3) (reference) (more book examples)
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Derived & Related Names: Nergal

"Nergal" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the great man", "the hero".

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Nergal".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Nergal-sharezer	N/A	Biblical	Treasurer of Nergal
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Expression: Nergal

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Nergal": Nergal-sharezer.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nergal

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
nergal	9
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Bible Trace: Nergal

Language	Date	Source	2 Kings Chapter 17, Verse 30
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai oi andreV babulwnoV epoihsan thn sokcwqbainiq kai oi andreV couq epoihsan thn nhrigel kai oi andreV aimaq epoihsan thn asimaq
Latin	405	Vulgate	Viri enim babylonii fecerunt Socchothbenoth viri autem chutheni fecerunt Nergel et viri de Emath fecerunt Asima
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Forsothe Babyloynes men maden Socoth Benoth; forsothe Cutheny men maaden Vergel; and the men of Emath maaden Asma;
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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Matched Bible Translations: Nergal

Language	2 Kings Chapter 17, Verse 30
Cebuano	Ug ang mga tawo sa Babilonia naghimo sa Succoth-benoth, ug ang mga tawo sa Cutha naghimo sa Nergal, ug ang mga tawo sa Hamath naghimo sa Asima.
Croatian	Babilonci naèiniše Sukot Benota, Kušani Nergala, Hamaæani Ašimu;
Danish	Folkene fra Babel lavede Sukkot-Benot, Folkene fra Kuta Nergal, Folkene fra Hamat Asjima,
Dutch	Want de lieden van Babel maakten Sukkoth Benoth, en de lieden van Chut maakten Nergal, en de lieden van Hamath maakten Asima,
Finnish	Baabelin miehet tekivät itselleen Sukkot-Benotin, Kuutin miehet tekivät Neergalin, Hamatin miehet Asiman,
French	Les gens de Babylone firent Succoth Benoth, les gens de Cuth firent Nergal, les gens de Hamath firent Aschima,
German	Die von Babel machten Sukkoth-Benoth; die von Chut machten Nergal; die von Hamath machten Asima;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Orang Babel membuat patung Dewa Sukot-Benot, orang Kuta membuat patung Nergal, orang Hamat patung Asima,
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena segala orang yang dari Babil itu memperbuat akan Sukot-Benot, dan segala orang yang dari Khut itu memperbuat akan Nerjal, dan segala orang yang dari Hamat itu memperbuat akan Asima,
Maori	Na ka hangaia e nga tangata o Papurona a Hukoto Penoto; na nga tangata o Kutu i hanga Nerekara; na nga tangata o Hamata i hanga Ahima;
Norwegian	Mennene fra Babel gjorde sig et billede av Sukkot-Benot, og mennene fra Kut et billede av Nergal, og mennene fra Hamat et billede av Asima,
Portuguese	Os de Babilônia fizeram e Sucote-Benote; os de Cuta fizeram Nergal; os de Hamate fizeram Asima;
Rumanian	Oamenii din Babilon au fqcut pe Sucot-Benot, oamenii din Cut au fqcut pe Nergal, cei din Hamat au fqcut pe Awima,
Spanish	Los hombres de Babilonia hicieron una imagen de Sucot-benot; los de Cuta hicieron una imagen de Nergal; los de Hamat hicieron una imagen de Asima;
Swedish	Folket ifrån Babel gjorde sig en Suckot-Benot, folket ifrån Kut gjorde sig en Nergal, och folket ifrån Hamat gjorde sig en Asima;
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Anagrams: Nergal

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: angler, regnal.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-n-r"
	-1 letter: angel, anger, angle, argle, glare, glean, gnarl, lager, large, learn, range, regal, regna, renal.
	-2 letters: ager, earl, earn, egal, elan, gaen, gale, gane, gear, glen, gnar, gran, lane, lang, lean, lear, near, rage, rale, rang, real.
	-3 letters: age, ale, ane, are, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gal, gan, gar, gel, gen, lag.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-n-r"
	+1 letter: aligner, angerly, anglers, clanger, dangler, engrail, enlarge, flanger, gangrel, general, glancer, gleaner, gnarled, granule, grapnel, jangler, langrel, mangler, nargile, realign, reginal, tangler, wangler, wrangle.
	+2 letters: alerting, algerine, aligners, allergen, allergin, altering, argental, blearing, clangers, clearing, danglers, dragline, engrails, enlarged, enlarger, enlarges, finagler, flangers, gainlier, ganglier, gangrels, generals, geranial, geraniol, germinal, glancers, glanders, gleaners, gnarlier, granules, grapline, grapnels, integral, janglers, janglier, jargonel, lagering, langrage, langrels, larynges, layering, learning, maligner, malinger, manglers, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, nonglare, pearling, raveling, realigns, regaling, regental, regional, relacing, relating, relaxing, relaying, signaler, slangier, strangle, tanglers, tanglier, triangle, twangler, wanglers, wrangled, wrangler, wrangles, yearling, yearlong.
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