Hebrew word · H152

אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ

ve'adramelekh

Adrammelech

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37;

son of: Sennacherib (H5576);

brother of: Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634)

§ Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider"

1) an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth

2) the son and murderer of Sennacherib

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 2

  1. 2 Kings 17:31 לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ to Adrammelech

    the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.

  2. 2 Kings 19:37 וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ and Adrammelech

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 37:38 וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ and Adrammelech

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

    Here: A son of Sennacherib. The name is very likely a Hebrew rendering of the Assyrian Arda-Mullissi ('servant of the goddess Mullissu'). Assyrian documents name him as a royal son, and Babylonian tradition names him as the murderer. He is a different figure from the god Adrammelech of 2 Kings 17:31.

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