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Gender Masculine
Usage Semitic Mythology, Biblical
Scripts נִסְרֹךְ(Hebrew) ܢܝܼܫܪܵܟ݂(Imperial Aramaic)
Other Forms FormsLatin: Nesroch
Meaning & History
The Assyrian god of agriculture, in whose temple king Sennacherib was worshiping when he was assassinated by his own sons in revenge for the destruction of Babylon (2 Kings 19:37; Isa. 37:38). Josephus calls him Dagon.