Bible Names

Amraphel: meaning of the name

Amraphel means “one that speaks of secrets.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Amraphel in Hebrew and Greek

אַמְרָפֶל H569

ʼAmrâphel (am-raw-fel') — Amraphel, a king of Shinar

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation;

Who named Amraphel in the Bible

Amraphel in Scripture

“Amraphel” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 14:1

    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;

  • Genesis 14:9

    With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.