Bible Names

Arioch: meaning of the name

Arioch means “long; great; tall.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Arioch in Hebrew and Greek

אֲרְיוֹךְ H746

ʼĂryôwk (ar-yoke') — Arjok, the name of two Babylonians

of foreign origin;

People named Arioch in the Bible

Arioch in Scripture

“Arioch” appears in 6 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.

  • Daniel 2:14

    Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

  • Daniel 2:15

    He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

  • Daniel 2:24

    Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

  • Daniel 2:25

    Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.