Tartak

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a pagan god

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chained; bound; shut up

Hebrew

Strongs #08662: qtrt Tartaq

Tartak = "prince of darkness"

1) one of the deities of the Avite people of Samaria
1a) according to tradition, worshipped under the form of an ass

8662 Tartaq tar-tawk'

of foreign derivation; Tartak, a deity of the
Avvites:-Tartak.

Tartak [EBD]

prince of darkness, one of the gods of the Arvites, who colonized part of Samaria after the deportation of Israel by Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:31).

Tartak [NAVE]

TARTAK, an Assyrian idol, 2 Kin. 17:31.

TARTAK [SMITH]

(prince of darkness), one of the gods of the Avite or Avvite colonists of Samaria. (2 Kings 17:31) According to rabbinical tradition, Tartak is said to have been worshipped under the form of an ass.

TARTAK [ISBE]

TARTAK - tar'-tak (tartaq): In 2 Ki 17:31 mentioned as the name of an idol of the Avvites, one of the peoples sent by Shalmaneser to the cities of Samaria. It is otherwise unknown.