HebrewH1255Proper Noun (Masculine)
בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן
be.ro.dakh bal.a.dan
“Merodach-baladan”
1Occurrences
H1255Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Berodak-Baladan, a Babylonian king
a variation of H4757 (מְרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאָדָן);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Baladan (H1081) Also named: me.ro.dakh bal.a.dan (*מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן *"Merodach-baladan" H4757) § Berodach-baladan = "worshipper of Baal" king of Babylon in the days of Hezekiah
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Kings
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Key Passages
2 Kings 20:12BSB
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.