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Strong H1522 sensesאַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ

Adrammelech

Transliteration
'adrammelek
Pronunciation
ad-ram-meh'-lek

Meaning of the name

Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider"

The 2 senses of Strong H152

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H152 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Son of Sennacherib who murdered his fatherH152H2 verses · 2 Kings, Isaiah
  2. Assyrian god worshipped by Sepharvites in SamariaH152G1 verse · 2 Kings

General definition

From H142 and H4428; splendor of (the) king;
{Adrammelek} the name of an Assyrian {idol} also of a son of Sennacherib: - Adrammelech.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • adrammelech3

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 17:31
    And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
  2. 2 Kings 19:37
    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.
  3. Isaiah 37:38
    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 Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.