Bible Person
Meaning: that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation · Male · 2 cross references
Tidal is the king of nations who joins the eastern coalition in Genesis 14. He appears in one of the Bible's earliest war narratives, where Abraham is drawn into international conflict. First appears in Gen 14:1.1
AI summary: Tidal matters because his cross references place him within the alliance of kings whose campaign sets the stage for Lot's capture and Abram's rescue mission. Even though he is not the central king in the episode, his inclusion shows the scale and complexity of the conflict. Taken together, the material presents Tidal as one of the rulers whose aggression frames Abram's early act of deliverance.1
Central Figure
Tidal
Meaning: that breaks the yoke; knowledge of elevation
(in the LXX.
(in the LXX. called “Thorgal”), styled the “king of nations” (Gen. 14:1-9). Mentioned as Tudkhula on Arioch’s brick (see facing page 139). Goyyim, translated “nations,” is the country called Gutium, east of Tigris and north of Elam. 3
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.