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Strong's #3540 - כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר

Transliteration

Kᵉdorlâʻômer

Phonetics

ked-or-law-o'-mer

Origin

of foreign origin

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Chedorlaomer = "handful of sheaves"
1. the king of Elam defeated by Abraham

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Genesis 5

BSB (5)

Genesis 5

CSB (5)

Genesis 5

ESV (5)

Genesis 5

KJV (5)

Genesis 5

LEB (5)

Genesis 5

LSB (5)

Genesis 5

N95 (5)

Genesis 5

NAS (5)

Genesis 5

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Genesis 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר proper name, masculine king of Elam (= Babylon. Kudar-Laga[ mar] ( Lagamaru = proper name, of divinity), see Pinches^{Vict. Inst. Jan. 20,1896} Say^{PSBA, June 1896,176} Scheil^{Rev. Bibl. 1896,600f.}, compare Schr^COT) — Genesis 14:1,4,5,9,17.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר [Chedorlaomer] (if it be a Phœnicio-Shemitic word “a handful of sheaves,” from כדר i.q. كَدَرَةُ a handful, and עֹמֶר sheaf), pr.n. of a king of the Elamites in the time of Abraham, Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:9. [“Perhaps its true etymology should be sought in the ancient Persian.”]

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List of Word Forms

כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ כְּדָרְלָעֹ֜מֶר כְדָרְלָעֹ֗מֶר כדרלעמר לָעֹ֔מֶר לעמר chedarelaOmer kə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer ḵə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer kəḏārəlā‘ōmer ḵəḏārəlā‘ōmer kedarelaOmer lā‘ōmer lā·‘ō·mer laOmer