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
אַמְרָפֶל (am.ra.phel) — Amraphel. 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַמְרָפֶל n.pr.m. king of Shinar base