HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5026
נִבְחַז
niv.chaz — Nibhaz
§ Nibhaz = "the barker" a deity of the Avites introduced by them into Samaria in the time of Shalmaneser; idol had the figure of a dog
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Nibhaz
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Barker, the name of an idol, supposed to be an evil demon of the Zabians. It was set up in Samaria by the Avites (2 Kings 17:31), probably in the form of a dog.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.