אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ
adramelech · Adrammelech
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H152 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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adramelech (אֲדְרַמֶּלֶךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Adrammelech”.
The name of two different figures: 1) a god of the people of Sepharvaim, to whom they burned their children (2 Kings 17:31); the Bible names him as another people's idol; 2) a son of Sennacherib who, with his brother, killed his father (2 Kings 19:37).
How to say it
a·dra·me·lech
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 17:31
and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites were burning their sons in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
- 2 Kings 19:37
And it happened, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword; and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 37:38
And it happened, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword; and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.