Lexical Summary Merodak Baladan: a king of Babylon Original Word: מְרא דַךְ בַּלְאָדָןTransliteration: Merodak Baladan Phonetic Spelling: (mer-o-dak' bal-aw-dawn') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: a king of Babylon Meaning: Merodach-baladan -- a king of Babylon Strong's Concordance Merodach-baladan Of foreign derivation; Merodak-Baladan, a Babylonian king -- Merodach-baladan. Compare Mrodak. see HEBREW Mrodak Brown-Driver-Briggs H4757. Merodak Baladan בַּלְאֲדָן מְרֹדַךְ proper name, masculine king of Babylon (Assyrian Marduk-abal-idinna, Marduk has given a son SchrCOT 2 Kings 20:12); — Isaiah 39:1 (> van d. H ׳ב מְראֹדַךְ, see Baer's note) = 2 Kings 20:12 (where read מרדך for בראדך); ᵐ5 (in both) Μαρωδακ(χ) Βαλ(α)δαν; compare also בַּלְאֲדָן, |