A king of Ellasar who was confederate with Chedorlamer (Gen. 14:1, 9). The tablets recently discovered by Mr. Pinches (see CHALDEA) show the true reading is Eri-Aku of Larsa. This Elamite name meant “servant of the moon-god.” It was afterwards changed into Rimsin, “Have mercy, O moon-god.”
Person
Arioch
Arioch (king of Ellasar)
- Name means
- long; great; tall
- Mentioned
- 2 verses · first in Genesis 14:1
About Arioch
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
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Others called Arioch
People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.