Many false, pagan Gods are mentioned in the Bible.
False, pagan gods were worshipped by the polytheist people of Canaan and the nations surrounding the Promised Land.| Pagan Gods in the Bible |
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Adrammelech
And 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 It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Total mentions: 2 versesISAIAH 38:1 |
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Amon
The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: "I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh.
Total mentions: 1 verseJEREMIAH 46:25 |
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Anammelech
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 17:31 |
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Anat
Nor did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but they dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were put under tribute to them.
JUDY 1:33 |
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Ancient of Days
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Total mentions: 3 versesDANIEL 7:9 DANIEL 7:13 DANIEL 7:22 |
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Artemis
A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.
ACTS 19:24 |
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Asherah / Asherim
That same night the Lord said to him, "Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father's altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
JUDGES 6:25-30
because they forsook him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths (aka Asherah)
JUDGES 2:13
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
Total mentions: 39 verses2 KINGS 17:16 |
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Ashima
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 17:30 |
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Ashtoreth / Ashtaroth / Astarte MAJOR
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcoma the abomination of the Ammonites.
Total mentions: 9 verses1 KINGS 11:5 1 KINGS 11:33 |
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Baal / BelMAJOR
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
Total mentions: 43 verses2 KINGS 10:18-20 2 KINGS 10:25-28 2 KINGS 17:16 |
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Baal Berith
And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
Total mentions: 2 versesJUDGES 8:33 JUDGES 9:4 |
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Baal Peor / Belphegor
Since the Israelites joined in worshiping the god Baal of Peor, the LORD became angry with Israel.
Total mentions: 6 versesNUMBERS 25:3-5 |
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Baal Zephon / Hadad / Adad
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back (Baal-Zephon) with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided.
EXODUS 14:21 |
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Baal-Zebub / Beelzebub
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
2 KINGS 1:2-16 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. MATTHEW 12:24 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Total mentions: 10 versesAnd the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. MARK 3:22 |
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Bel
And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Total mentions: 3 versesJEREMIAH 51:44 JEREMIAH 50:2 ISAIAH 46:1 |
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Belial
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known
DEUTERONOMY 13:13 |
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Bethel
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.
GENESIS 31:13 |
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Castor & Pollux (Sons of Zeus)
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Total mentions: 1 verseACTS 28:11 |
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Chemosh
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1 KINGS 11:7 1 KINGS 11:33 NUMBERS 21:29 Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.
Total mentions: 8 versesJUDGES 11:24 |
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Dagon MAJOR
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
1 SAMUEL 5:2-5 1 SAMUEL 5:7 Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands
JUDGES 16:23
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Diana / Artemis
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Total mentions: 5 versesACTS 19:24 ACTS 19:27-28 ACTS 19:34-35 |
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El MAJOR
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
EZEKIEL 8:14 |
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El Roi
So she named the LORD who spoke to her: "You are El-roi," for she said, "In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me?"
GENESIS 16:13 |
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El Shaddai
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am El-Shaddai 'God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
Total mentions: 48 versesGENESIS 17:1 |
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Elohim
Thou shalt have no other gods (Elohim) before me.
Total mentions: 2500 versesEXODUS 20:3 |
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Elyon
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God (Elyon).
GENESIS 14:18 |
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Gad / Meni
And ye are those forsaking Jehovah, Who are forgetting My holy mountain, Who are setting in array for Gad a table, And who are filling for Meni a mixture.
Total mentions: 1 verseISAIAH 65:11 |
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Golden Calf MAJOR
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
EXODUS 32:4
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.
2 KINGS 17:16 |
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Hermes / Mercury
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
ACTS 14:12 And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
Total mentions: 1 verseACTS 14:12 |
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Inanna / Ishtar / Queen Of Heaven
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the Queen of Heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Total mentions: 5 versesJEREMIAH 7:18 JEREMIAH 44:17-19 JEREMIAH 44:25 |
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Jah
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Total mentions: 50 versesPSALMS 68:4 |
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Jehovah
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
EXODUS 6:3 |
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Kaiwan / Kewan / Kijun / Chiun / Remphan
But ye have gborne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images,
The star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Total mentions: 1 verseAMOS 5:26 |
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Leviathan
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Total mentions: 6 versesJOB 3:8 |
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Marduk / Merodach MAJOR
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Total mentions: 1 verseJEREMIAH 50:2 |
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Melqart 'Lord of Tyre'
And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, lhe took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the mSidonians, nand went and served Baal (possibly Melqart) and worshiped him.
1 KINGS 16:31 |
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Milcom MAJOR
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Total mentions: 6 verses1 KINGS 11:5 1 KINGS 11:33 |
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Molech / Moloch
Say to the Israelites: 'Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.
LEVITICUS 20:2-5 You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
LEVITICUS 18:21 On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
Total mentions: 10 verses1 KINGS 11:7 |
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Mot / Maweth
Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death (Maweth) they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves, and collect all peoples as their own.
HABAKKUK 2:5 |
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Nebo / Nabu
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary.
Total mentions: 1 verseISAIAH 46:1 |
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Nehushtan
He removed the high places, and brake the †images, and cut down ethe groves, and brake in pieces the fbrasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 18:4 |
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Nergal
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 17:30 |
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Nibhaz
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 17:31 |
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Ninurta
Cush was the father of Nimrod (possibly Ninurta), who became a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.
GENESIS 10:8-12 |
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Nisroch
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
2 KINGS 19:37
It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Total mentions: 2 versesISAIAH 37:38 |
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Resheph
Plague (Resheph) went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
HABAKKUK 3:5 |
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Rimmon
In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 5:18 |
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Sakkuth
No, you served your pagan gods - Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god, the images you made for yourselves.
Total mentions: 1 verseAMOS 5:26 |
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Shahar
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
ISAIAH 14:12-15 |
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Shalim / Shalem / Salem / Salim
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God (like Evening Star?); I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
ISAIAH 14:12-15 |
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Shapash / Shapsh / Shapshu / ShemeshThe Bible, in general portrays the Sun as representing Yahweh's power and sun worship, even in an Yahwist way, was avoided at all costs. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun (Shemesh) of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
MALACHI 4:2 |
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SharezerIt came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Total mentions: 2 verses2 KINGS 19:37 ISAIAH 37:38 |
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Sin / Nanna |
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Succoth Benoth
And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 17:30 |
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Tammuz / Dumuzid
Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Total mentions: 1 verseEZEKIEL 8:14 |
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Tartuk / Tartak
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
Total mentions: 1 verse2 KINGS 17:31 |
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Teraphim
Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel's saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.
GENESIS 31:34
Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
2 KINGS 23:24 |
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Yahweh
This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
GENESIS 2:4 |
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Yam / Yamm / Yam-Nahar
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent (Lotan, similar to Yam), called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
REVELATIONS 12:9 |
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Zeus / Jupiter
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
ACTS 14:12 And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
Total mentions: 1 verseACTS 14:12 |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Deities_and_Demons_in_the_Bible
https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Pagan-Gods
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/gods-and-goddesses-pagan.html
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