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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #569 - אַמְרָפֶל

Transliteration

ʼAmrâphel

Phonetics

am-raw-fel'

Origin

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Amraphel = "sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer"
1. the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi c 210 BC)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 2

CSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

KJV (2)

Genesis 2

LEB (2)

Genesis 2

LSB (2)

Genesis 2

N95 (2)

Genesis 2

NAS (2)

Genesis 2

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַמְרָפֶל proper name, masculine king of Shinar Genesis 14:1,9(probably = חמרבי, –ammurabi of Babylon, who reigned approximately , compare Schr^{SBA 1887, xxxi (June 23)} COT^{ii. 296f.} Dl in De^{Genesis 1887, Excursus}).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַמְרָפֶל [Amraphel], (perhaps contr. from אֵמֶר, אַמְרְ, and אָפֶל, the commandment which went forth), pr.n. of a king of Shinar, i.e. Babylonia, in the time of Abraham, Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:9.

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List of Word Forms

אַמְרָפֶ֣ל אמרפל וְאַמְרָפֶל֙ ואמרפל ’am·rā·p̄el ’amrāp̄el amraFel veamraFel wə’amrāp̄el wə·’am·rā·p̄el