Bible Person
Meaning: long; great; tall · Male · 2 cross references
Arioch is the king of Ellasar named among the coalition rulers in Genesis 14. He belongs to the early Mesopotamian political world that intrudes into the patriarchal narrative. First appears in Gen 14:1.1
Name meaning
long; great; tall
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 14:1
AI summary: Arioch matters because the cross references place him inside the multi-king alliance whose campaign draws Abram into military action for the rescue of Lot. His inclusion helps show that the patriarchal story unfolds within a wider landscape of competing powers rather than in isolation. Taken together, the material presents Arioch as a regional king whose part in the coalition helps frame the first war narrative connected to Abraham.1
Central Figure
Arioch
Meaning: long; great; tall
A king of Ellasar who was confederate with Chedorlamer (Gen.
Name meaning
long; great; tall
Identity
male
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.” 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.