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Strong's #152 - אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ

Transliteration

ʼĂdrammelek

Phonetics

ad-ram-meh'-lek

Origin

from (H142) and (H4428)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider"
1. an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth
2. the son and murderer of Sennacherib

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

BSB (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

CSB (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

ESV (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

KJV (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

LEB (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

LSB (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

N95 (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

NAS (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

2 Kings 2

Isaiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine ( Adar is prince, Assyrian Adar-malik (?) see KAT²²⁸⁴, cf, ABK¹⁴⁰; or A. is Counsellor, Decider, compare Dl^{K 52 f}; otherwise Sayce^Rel. Babylonian 7; on Babylonian god Adar see Schr^{KSGW 1880,19 f} Dl^{K 52 f}, but Sayce^Rel, Babylonian 151 f; Jen^{Ko 457 f} and others read Assyrian name Ninib; on Carthaginian יתנאדר see Bae^{Rel. 54})

1 a god of Sepharvaim 2 Kings 17:31.

2 parricidal son of Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38.

אֲדֹרָם see אדנירם below אדון. above

אֲדַרְכּוֺן see דרכמון.

אֶדְרְעִי see דרע.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ (contr. from אֶדֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ “magnificence of the king”), [Adrammelech], pr.n.

(1) of an idol of the Sepharvites, brought from Mesopotamia into Samaria, 2 Kings 17:31.

(2) a parricide son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, Isaiah 37:38; 2 Kings 19:37.

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List of Word Forms

וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ ואדרמלך לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ לאדרמלך lə’aḏrammeleḵ lə·’aḏ·ram·me·leḵ leadramMelech veadramMelech wə’aḏrammeleḵ wə·’aḏ·ram·me·leḵ