Strong H746H746Aאַרְיוֹךְ
Arioch
One of the 2 senses of Strong H746
- Transliteration
- 'ăryôk
- Pronunciation
- ar-yoke'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1
Meaning of the name
Arioch = "lion-like"
General definition
Of foreign origin;
{Arjok} the name of two Babylonians: - Arioch.
{Arjok} the name of two Babylonians: - Arioch.
In the biblical story
Arioch
King of Ellasar, ally of Chedorlaomer
Arioch, king of Ellasar, was one of the four kings who joined forces with Chedorlaomer in the battle against the five kings of the plain.
In the Bible
Strong H746A appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- arioch2
First verses
- Genesis 14:1And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
- Genesis 14:9With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.