Word Summary
Evil Merodak: "man of Merodach", son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar
Original Word: אֱוִיל מְרֹדַךְTransliteration: Evil Merodak
Phonetic Spelling: (ev-eel' mer-o-dak')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "man of Merodach", son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar
Meaning: Evil-merodach -- "man of Merodach", son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar
Strong's Concordance
Evil-merodach
Of Aramaic derivation and probably meaning soldier of Merodak; Evil-Merodak, a Babylonian king -- Evil-merodach.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H192. Evil
Merodak מְרֹדַךְ אֱוִיּל proper name, masculine (Babylonian Avêl (Amêl) Maruduk, man of Merodach) son & successor of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, B.C. 562-60, 2 Kings 25:27 (see COT) = Jeremiah 52:31.
I. אול (be foolish, compare יאל, & Arabic grow thick (of fluids)).