Strong H746H746Bאֲרְיוֹךְ
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 Exile and Return, first mentioned at Dan.2.14
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
Captain of Nebuchadnezzar's guard
Arioch, the captain of King Nebuchadnezzar's guard, was commanded to execute the wise men of Babylon but brought Daniel before the king to interpret his dream.
In the Bible
Strong H746B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- arioch4
First verses
- Daniel 2:14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
- Daniel 2:15He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Daniel 2:24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.