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Kedorlaomer <a href="../hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Kedorlaomer: Kedorlaomer</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Kdorla`omer<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>keh-dor-lah-oh-mer<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ked-or-law-o'-mer)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Kedorlaomer<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Kedorlaomer<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Likely of Elamite origin, possibly meaning "servant of Lagamar," with Lagamar being a deity worshiped in ancient Elam.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There are no direct Greek equivalents for Kedorlaomer in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper name specific to the Hebrew text.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Kedorlaomer is a proper noun used to identify a historical king of Elam mentioned in the Book of Genesis. He is noted for his role as a leader of a coalition of kings who waged war against the cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>Kedorlaomer is depicted as a powerful king in the ancient Near East, specifically ruling over Elam, a region located in what is now southwestern Iran. The narrative in Genesis 14 describes him as the leader of a confederation of four kings who subjugated several city-states in the region, including Sodom and Gomorrah. This coalition's campaign is one of the earliest recorded instances of international warfare in the Bible, reflecting the complex political landscape of the time.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of foreign origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a king of Elam<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Chedorlaomer (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>king of Elam</b></font> (= Babylon. <em>Kudar-Laga</em>[<em>mar</em>] (<em>Lagamaru</em> = proper name, of divinity), see Pinches<sup>Vict. Inst. Jan. 20, 1896</sup> Say<sup>PSBA, June 1896, 176</sup> Scheil<sup>Rev. Bibl. 1896, 600 f.</sup>, compare Schr<sup>COT</sup>) — <a href="/interlinear/genesis/14-1.htm">Genesis 14:1</a>,4,5,9,17. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Chedorlaomer <p>Of foreign origin; Kedorlaomer, an early Persian king -- Chedorlaomer. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ כְּדָרְלָעֹ֜מֶר כְדָרְלָעֹ֗מֶר כדרלעמר לָעֹ֔מֶר לעמר chedarelaOmer kə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer ḵə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer kəḏārəlā‘ōmer ḵəḏārəlā‘ōmer kedarelaOmer lā‘ōmer lā·‘ō·mer laOmer<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/14-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 14:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר <b> כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ עֵילָ֔ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Ellasar, <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Ellasar, <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> king of Ellasar <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> king of Elam<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/14-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 14:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָבְד֖וּ אֶת־ <b> כְּדָרְלָעֹ֑מֶר </b> וּשְׁלֹשׁ־ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> they had served <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer,</span> but the thirteenth<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they served <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer,</span> and in the thirteenth<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> years had served <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> three ten<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/14-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 14:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שָׁנָ֜ה בָּ֣א <b> כְדָרְלָעֹ֗מֶר </b> וְהַמְּלָכִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> year <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> and the kings<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> came <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer,</span> and the kings<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> year came <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> and the kings after<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 14:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אֵ֣ת <b> כְּדָרְלָעֹ֜מֶר </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ עֵילָ֗ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> against <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> king of Elam<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">With Chedorlaomer</span> the king of Elam,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> against <span class="itali">Chedorlaomer</span> king of Elam<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/14-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 14:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ כְּדָר־ <b> לָעֹ֔מֶר </b> וְאֶת־ הַמְּלָכִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the defeat <span class="itali">of Chedorlaomer</span> and the kings<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the slaughter <span class="itali">of Chedorlaomer,</span> and of the kings<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/14-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his return the defeat <span class="itali">of Chedorlaomer</span> the king who<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3540.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3540.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3540<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chedarelaomer_3540.htm">ḵə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kedarelaomer_3540.htm">kə·ḏā·rə·lā·‘ō·mer — 3 Occ.</a><br><a 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