Nibhaz:
(the barker) a deity of the Avites, introduced by them into Samaria in the time of Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:31). The rabbins derived the name from a Hebrew root nabach, "to bark," and hence assigned to it the figure of a dog, or a dog‐headed man. The Egyptians worshipped the dog. Some indications of this worship have been found in Syria, a colossal figure of a dog having formerly stood at a point between Berytus and Tripolis.
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