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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54548" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54548" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Tartak]] </strong> . An idol introduced by the Avvites into [[Samaria]] when [[Sargon]] of [[Assyria]] transported them thither ( 2 Kings 17:31 ). This deity is mentioned along with another called <strong> [[Nibhaz]] </strong> , and, according to the [[Babylonian]] Talmud, was worshipped in the form of an ass. In Assyro-Babylonian mythology no such deity is at present provable; moreover, the geographical position of the Avvites is uncertain, and their city may have been in one of the western States of Asia. The Greek text | <p> <strong> [[Tartak]] </strong> . An idol introduced by the Avvites into [[Samaria]] when [[Sargon]] of [[Assyria]] transported them thither ( 2 Kings 17:31 ). This deity is mentioned along with another called <strong> [[Nibhaz]] </strong> , and, according to the [[Babylonian]] Talmud, was worshipped in the form of an ass. In Assyro-Babylonian mythology no such deity is at present provable; moreover, the geographical position of the Avvites is uncertain, and their city may have been in one of the western States of Asia. The Greek text ‘A’ replaces <em> Tartak </em> by <em> Naibas </em> , but this may be merely a corruption of <em> Nibhaz </em> . </p> <p> T. G. Pinches. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37821" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37821" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75303" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75303" /> == | ||
<p> '''Tar'tak.''' ''( | <p> '''Tar'tak.''' ''(Prince Of Darkness).'' One of the gods, of the [[Avite]] or Avvite colonists of Samaria. 2 Kings 17:31. According to rabbinical tradition, Tartak is said to have been worshipped, under the form of an ass. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_69125" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_69125" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A god of the Avite colonists in Samaria. 2 Kings 17:31 . The word is supposed to signify 'darkness,' or the under-world. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17356" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17356" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62872" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_62872" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Tartak', תִּרתָֹּק; Sept. Θαρθάκ; Vulg. ''Tharthac'' ), one of the gods of the Avite, or Avvite, colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the removal of the tribes by [[Shalmaneser]] ( 2 Kings 17:31). According to Rabbinical tradition, T'artak is said to have been worshipped inder the form of au ass (Talm. Babyl. ''Sanhedrin,'' fol. 63 b). From this it has been conjectured that this idol was the Egyptian ''Typho;'' but; though in the hieroglyphics the ass is the symbol of Typho, it was so far from being regarded as an object of worship that it was considered absolutely unclean (Plutarch, ''Is. | <p> (Heb. Tartak', תִּרתָֹּק; Sept. Θαρθάκ; Vulg. ''Tharthac'' ), one of the gods of the Avite, or Avvite, colonists who were planted in the cities of Samaria after the removal of the tribes by [[Shalmaneser]] ( 2 Kings 17:31). According to Rabbinical tradition, T'artak is said to have been worshipped inder the form of au ass (Talm. Babyl. ''Sanhedrin,'' fol. 63 b). From this it has been conjectured that this idol was the Egyptian ''Typho;'' but; though in the hieroglyphics the ass is the symbol of Typho, it was so far from being regarded as an object of worship that it was considered absolutely unclean (Plutarch, ''Is. Et Os.'' c. 14). A Persian or Pehlvi origin has been suggested for Tartak, according to which it signifies either "intense darkness," or "hero of darkness," or the underworld, and so, perhaps, some planet of ill- luck, as [[Saturn]] or Mars (Gesenius, ''Thesaur.'' s.v.; Fü rst, ''Handw. S.V.'' ). The Carmaniails, a warlike race on the Persian Gulf, worshipped Mars alone of all the gods, and sacrificed an ass in his honor (Strabo, 15:727). Perhaps some trace of this worship may have given rise to the [[Jewish]] tradition. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9164" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9164" /> == | ||
