Arioch
ARIOCH
1. King of Ellasar, and ally of Chedorlaomer, Gen 14:1 .2. A captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s guard, Dan 2:14 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Arioch
(Heb. Arsyok’, , from the Sanscrit Arjaka, venerable, or perhaps from the Heb. , a lion; Sept. [v. r. in Daniel , in Tob. ], Josephus , Ant. 1, 9, 1; , Ant. 10:10, 2), the name of two men and one place.
1. A king of Ellasar, confederate with Chedorlaomer against Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9), B.C. cir. 2080 (Jour. Sac. Lit. Jan. 1862). SEE LOT.
2. The captain of the royal guard at the court of Babylon, into whose charge Daniel and his fellow youths were committed (Dan 2:14). B.C. 604.
3. A plain of the Elymaeans (? Persians), mentioned in the apocryphal book of Judith (1, 6) as furnishing aid to Arphaxad in his contest with Nebuchadnezzar; supposed by Grotius to mean the Oracana () of Ptolemy (6, 2, 11), but more probably borrowed from the first of the above names (see Fritzsche, Handb. in loc.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Arioch
lion-like, venerable. (1.) 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.” (2.) Dan. 2:14.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Arioch
(“lion-like”.)
1. King of Ellasar. (Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9). (See ELLASAR.)
2. Captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s guard (Dan 2:14).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Arioch
ARIOCH.1. The king of Ellasar (Gen 14:1). It has been suggested by Schrader that Arioch is the transcription of Eri-a-ku, the Sumerian writing of the name Rim-Sin of the king of Larsa, son of Kudur-Mabug, an Elamite, who ruled Southern Babylonia till conquered by Hammurabi. See Chedorlaomer. 2. The captain of the kings guard in the time of Nebuchadrezzar (Dan 2:14). 3. King of the Elymans (Jdt 1:6).
C. H. W. Johns.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Arioch
ari-ok: (, ‘aryokh):
(1) The name of the vassal king of Ellasar, under Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Amraphel, king of Shinar (Babylonia), who took part in the expedition against Sodom, Gomorrah and other states (Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9). Assyriologists generally, and probably rightly, identify Arioch with ri-Aku (which see), king of Larsa, Ellasar being for Al-Larsa (now Sinqara in central Babylonia).
Texts Referring to the Reign of Arioch
For an account of the expedition see AMRAPHEL, and for the Babylonian texts bearing upon the reign, see ERI-AKU. In Gen 14:1, Gen 14:9, where the names of the allied kings who marched against the Cities of the Plain are given, that of Arioch follows his more immediate suzerain, Amraphel, and not Chedorlaomer, who, however, appears to have been the real overlord (Gen 14:4), which agrees with the indications of the Bah records. No details of the expedition are available from Babylonian sources. Besides Larsa, ri-Aku’s inscriptions inform us that Ur (Muqayyar, Mugheir) was in the principality of which Larsa was the capital.
(2) The Arioch of Dan 2:14, Dan 2:25 was captain of the bodyguard of King Nebuchadnezzar. Nothing else is known about him except that it was he who was commanded to slay the wise men who failed to repeat to the king his dream and its interpretation; and who communicated to his royal master that Daniel had undertaken the task.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Arioch
[A’rioch]
1. King of Ellasar in the East. Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9.
2. Captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s guard. Dan 2:14-15; Dan 2:24-25.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Arioch
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1. King of Ellasar
Gen 14:1; Gen 14:9
2. Captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s guard
Dan 2:14-15; Dan 2:24-25
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Arioch
A’rioch. (venerable).
1. The king of Eliasar, one of the allies of Chedorlaomer in his expedition against his rebellious tributaries. Gen 14:1. (B.C. 1921-1912).
2. The captain of Nebuchadnezzar’s body-guard. Dan 2:14, etc.
3. Properly Eirioch, or Erioch, mentioned in Jdt 1:6 as king of the Elymaeans.