H0152H

אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ

a.de.ram.me.lekhN:N-M-P

Adrammelech

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

The KJV translates H0152 in the following manner:

Adrammelech (6x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine (Adar is prince, Assyrian Adar-malik (?) see KAT^{2 284}, cf, ABK¹⁴⁰; or A. is Counsellor, Decider, compare Dl^{K 52 f}; otherwise Sayce^Rel. Babylonian 7; on Babylonian god Adar see Schr^{KSGW 1880, 19 f} Dl^{K 52 f}, but Sayce^Rel, Babylonian 151 f; Jen^{Ko 457 f} and others read Assyrian name Ninib; on Carthaginian יתנאדר see Bae^{Rel. 54})

1. a god of Sepharvaim 2Kgs 17:31.

2. parricidal son of Sennacherib 2Kgs 19:37; Isa 37:38.

אֲדֹרָם see אדנירם below אדון. above

אֲדַרְכּוֺן see דרכמון.

אֶדְרְעִי see דרע.

2 occurrences

II Kings (1), Isaiah (1)