Definition

Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib

Etymology

from H142 (אָדַר) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); splendor of (the) king;

Where the KJV renders it

• Adrammelech

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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