Word Study · Strong's H3540 · Hebrew
כְּדׇרְלָעֹמֶר
Kedorlaomer
ked-or-law-o'-mer
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kᵉdorlâʻômer
“Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king
Rendered in the KJV as
Chedorlaomer.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- כְּדָרְ־לָעֹ֔מֶר1
- כְדָרְלָעֹ֗מֶר1
- כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙1
- כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר1
- כְּדָרְלָעֹ֜מֶר1
How it is rendered · 2
- Kedorlaomer4
- Kedor-laomer1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
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Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 14:1כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙kedarelaomerproper noun (a name)In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiimhere: Kedorlaomer
- Genesis 14:4כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶרkedarelaomerproper noun (a name)For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.here: Kedorlaomer
- Genesis 14:5כְדָרְלָעֹ֗מֶרkhedarelaomerproper noun (a name)In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,here: Kedorlaomer
- Genesis 14:9כְּדָרְלָעֹ֜מֶרkedarelaomerproper noun (a name)against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.here: Kedorlaomer
- Genesis 14:17כְּדָרְ־לָעֹ֔מֶרkedor-laֹomerproper noun (a name)After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).here: Kedor-laomer