Arioch
Arioch is a
Hebrew name that means "fierce lion". It originally appears in the
Book of Genesis chap. 14 as the name of the "King of
Ellasar", part of the confederation of kings who did battle with the kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah and with
Abraham in the vale of
Siddim. Earlier in the 20th century, it was common to identify him with "Eriaku" - an alternative reading of either Rim-Sin or his brother Warad-Sin, who were
Elamite rulers over
Larsa contemporary with
Hammurabi, although this identification has come under attack from scholars in more recent years, and is now largely abandoned, in part due to
Nuzu inscriptions referring to a
Hurrian king named Ariukki.
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Arioch
[Other] The name used for one of the fallen angels in Paradise Lost. Milton took it from Dan. ii, 14, where it is the name of the captain of the guard. The names means 'a fierce lion'.
Arioch
long; great; tall
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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Arioch
(venerable).
→ The king of Eliasar, one of the allies of Chedorlaomer in his expedition against his rebellious tributaries. (Genesis 14:1) (B.C. 1921-1912.)
→ The captain of Nebuchadnezzar's body-guard. (Daniel 2:14) etc.
→ Properly Eirioch, or Erioch, mentioned in Judith 1:6 as king of the Elymaeans.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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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 ¯T0000758) 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.