Bel

BEL bel, bal (bel):

Appellative name of a Bah god (compare BAAL), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compare Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 51:44; Baruch 6:41).

See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEL'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.