Bible Names

Nergal: meaning of the name

Nergal means “the great man; the hero.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Nergal in Hebrew and Greek

נֵרְגַּל H5370

Nêrᵉgal (nare-gal') — Nergal, a Cuthite deity

of foreign origin;

Nergal in Scripture

“Nergal” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Kings 17:30

    And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,

  • Jeremiah 39:3

    And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, Rab–saris, Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 39:13

    So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab–saris, and Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;