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Tartak

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(prince of darkness). An idol introduced into Samaria by Avite colonists, and worshipped under the form of an ass, symbolizing darkness (2 Kings 17:31³¹And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A god of the Avite colonists in Samaria (2 Kings 17:31³¹And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31)). The word is supposed to signify “darkness,” or the under-world.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8662 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Tartaq

Phonic:

tar-tawk’

Meaning:

of foreign derivation; Tartak, a deity of the Avvites

KJV Usage:

Tartak

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

thou shalt be enchained

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

The sun in his regular return; shut up; intense darkness:-a deity of the Avites, 2 Kings 17:31. {Sol continuo reditu}