Lexical Definition

‎נִבְחַז‎ Nibchaz (nib-khaz') Nibhaz ^N:N-M-T
of foreign origin

Nibhaz.

• § Nibhaz = "the barker"
• Nibchaz, a deity of the Avites

1) a deity of the Avites introduced by them into Samaria in the time of Shalmaneser; idol had the figure of a dog

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נִבְחַז‎ proper name, of a divinity god of men of Avva, 2Kgs 17:31 name otherwise unknown, compare Sch^{COT on the passage}; ᵐ5^B τὴν Ἐβλαζερ, ᵐ5^L Ἐβλαιεζερ, A Ἀβααζερ καὶ τὴν Ναιβας; Thes compare Mandean denominative = ‎נבאז‎ (Manuscript Nasar. Norberg.) Manuscripts give variant ‎נבחן‎ compare Baer^{on the passage} Frensdorff^{Mas. Magna i. 306}.

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