אֲרְיוֹךְʼĂryôwk
proper name, masculine: king of Ellasar (Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9)
Pronunciation: ar-yoke' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H746
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:1 About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
- Genesis 14:9 They fought against King Kedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Babylonia, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
- Daniel 2:14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.
- Daniel 2:15 He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happened.
- Daniel 2:24 Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.”
- Daniel 2:25 Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).