Probably a place in Babylonia (Jer. 50:21; Ezek. 23:23). It is the opinion, however, of some that this word signifies “visitation,” “punishment,” and allegorically “designates Babylon as the city which was to be destroyed.”
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Pekod
Easton’s Bible Dictionary, M. G. Easton (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.