NAVE: Merathaim
EBD: Merathaim
SMITH: MERATHAIM
ISBE: MERATHAIM
Merathaim
In Bible versions:
Merathaim: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
the region around the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
NET Glossary: Array
NET Glossary: Array
Hebrew
Strongs #04850: Mytrm M@rathayim
Merathaim = "double rebellion"1) another name for 'Babylon'
4850 Mrathayim mer-aw-thah'-yim
dual of 4751 feminine; double bitterness; Merathajim, an epithet of Babylon: KJV -- Merathaim.see HEBREW for 04751
Merathaim [nave]
MERATHAIM, probably a poetical name for Chaldea, Jer. 50:21.Merathaim [ebd]
double rebellion, probably a symbolical name given to Babylon (Jer. 50:21), denoting rebellion exceeding that of other nations.
MERATHAIM [smith]
(double rebellion), The land of, alluding to the country of the Chaldeans, and to the double captivity which it had inflicted on the nation of Israel. (Jeremiah 50:21)MERATHAIM [isbe]
MERATHAIM - mer-a-tha'-im (merathayim "double rebellion"): A name used for Babylon in Jer 50:21. According to Delitzsch it may be equivalent to the Babylonian Marratun, i.e. land by the nar Marratu, "the bitter river" (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia (OHL, under the word).
