merodach

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Merodach
    n 1: the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu [syn:
         {Marduk}, {Merodach}, {Baal Merodach}, {Bel-Merodach}]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Merodach
death; slaughter, the name of a Babylonian god, probably the
planet Mars (Jer. 50:2), or it may be another name of Bel, the
guardian divinity of Babylon. This name frequently occurs as a
surname to the kings of Assyria and Babylon.

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Merodach, bitter contrition

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