Lexical Summary Adrammelek: "Adar is prince", an Assyr. idol, also a son of Sennacherib Original Word: אֲדֹרָמֶלֶךְTransliteration: Adrammelek Phonetic Spelling: (ad-ram-meh'-lek) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "Adar is prince", an Assyr. idol, also a son of Sennacherib Meaning: Adrammelech -- "Adar is prince", an Assyrian idol, also a son of Sennacherib Strong's Concordance Adrammelech From 'adar and melek; splendor of (the) king; Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib -- Adrammelech. see HEBREW 'adar see HEBREW melek Brown-Driver-Briggs H152. Adrammelek אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (Adar is prince, Assyrian Adar-malik (?) see KAT2284, cf, ABK140; or A. is Counsellor, Decider, compare DlK 52 f; otherwise SayceRel. Babylonian 7; on Babylonian god Adar see SchrKSGW 1880, 19 f DlK 52 f, but SayceRel, Babylonian 151 f; JenKo 457 f and others read Assyrian name Ninib; on Carthaginian יתנאדר see BaeRel. 54) 1 a god of Sepharvaim 2 Kings 17:31. 2 parricidal son of Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38. אֲדֹרָם see אדנירם below אדון. above אֲדַרְכּוֺן see דרכמון. אֶדְרְעִי see דרע. |
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