Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Probably a place in Babylonia (Jer. 50:21; Ezek. 23:23).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(visitation), an appellative applied to the Chaldeans. (Jeremiah 50:21; Ezekiel 23:23) Authorities are undecided as to the meaning of the term.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
), a symbolical name for Babylon. Jer 50:21. In Eze 23:23 it appears to be applied to a Chaldaean province. A Pekod is mentioned in the cylinder of Sennacherib as near the Hauran, and Lenormant thinks it was the collective name of several tribes in the Euphrates valley. The exact meaning of the term is not known.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
noble; rulers
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