Quick Definition
Amraphel
Biblical Persons & Places
Amraphel
King living at the time of the Patriarchs
A king in Mesopotamia living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1;
only referred to as Amraphel (אַמְרָפֶל).
Strong's Definition
Amraphel, a king of Shinar
Derivation: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation;
KJV Usage: Amraphel.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Amraphel = "sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer"
1) the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi c 2100 BC)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1
§ Amraphel = "sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer"
the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi c 2100 BC)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַמְרָפֶל
amrâphel
BDB Definition:
Amraphel = sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer
1) the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi approximately 2100 BC)
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation
Total KJV Occurrences: 2