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Dictionaries :: Merathaim

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Merathaim:

double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jer 50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding that of other nations.

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Merathaim:

mer-a-tha'-im (merathayim "double rebellion"): A name used for Babylon in Jer 50:21. According to Delitzsch it may be equivalent to the Babylonian Marratun, i.e. land by the nar Marratu, "the bitter river" (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia (OHL, under the word).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Merathaim:

(double rebellion) The land of, alluding to the country of the Chaldeans, and to the double captivity which it had inflicted on the nation of Israel (Jeremiah 50:21).

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