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Tartak
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Tartak: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a pagan god
chained; bound; shut up
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 theAvvites:-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.