ʼĂdrammelek — H152

Definition

masculine proper noun

Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib

1. Adrammelech = "honour of the king" or "Adar is prince" or "Adar is Counsellor, Decider"
2. an idol or god of the Sepharvites, introduced to Israel by Shalmaneser the fifth
3. the son and murderer of Sennacherib

Usually translated as

Adrammelech

Origin

from H142 and H4428; splendor of (the) king

• Derived from ʼâdar (H142)
• Derived from Melek (H4428)

Occurrences

ʼĂdrammelek occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), Isaiah (1)

• 2 Kings 17:31 — And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech (לְאַדְרַמֶּ֥לֶךְ) and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
• 2 Kings 19:37 — And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech (וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ) and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
• Isaiah 37:38 — And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech (וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ) and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.