BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1081
bal.a.dan — Baladan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12; son of: Baladan (H1081); father of: Merodach-baladan (H1255) § Baladan = "Bel (is his) lord)" the father of Merodach-baladan to whom Hezekiah revealed the riches of his treasures
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1255
be.ro.dakh bal.a.dan — Merodach-baladan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12; son of: Baladan (H1081) Also named: me.ro.dakh bal.a.dan (מְרֹדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן "Merodach-baladan" H4757) § Berodach-baladan = "worshipper of Baal" king of Babylon in the days of Hezekiah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4757
me.ro.dakh bal.a.dan — Merodach-baladan
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.20.12; son of: Baladan (H1081) Another spelling of be.ro.dakh bal.a.dan (בְּרֹאדַךְ בַּלְאֲדָן "Merodach-baladan" H1255) § Merodach-baladan = "Marduk has given a son" king of Babylon in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →He has given a son, the father of the Babylonian king (2 Kings 20:12; Isa. 39:1) Merodach-baladan (q.v.).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
