Nibhaz

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Nibhaz: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a pagan god

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budding; prophesying

Hebrew

Strongs #05026: zxbn Nibchaz

Nibhaz = "the barker"

1) a deity of the Avites introduced by them into Samaria in the time
of Shalmaneser; idol had the figure of a dog

5026 Nibchaz nib-khaz'

of foreign origin; Nibchaz, a deity of the Avites:-Nibhaz.

Nibhaz [EBD]

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.

Nibhaz [NAVE]

NIBHAZ, an idol, 2 Kin. 17:31.

NIBHAZ [SMITH]

(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.

NIBHAZ [ISBE]

NIBHAZ - nib'-haz (nibhchaz): Given as the name of an idol of the Avvites, introduced by them into Samaria (2 Ki 17:31), but otherwise unknown. The text is supposed to be corrupt.