nergal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Nergal
    n 1: (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world
         of the dead

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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

Nergal, the great man; the hero

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