H3540 H3540
Chedorlaomer, king of Elam who led a coalition of four kings against the cities of the plain
Chedorlaomer (Akkadian Kudur-Lagamar, 'servant of the deity Lagamaru') was the king of Elam who headed an alliance of four eastern kings in Genesis 14. He subjugated the five kings of the Jordan plain for twelve years before they rebelled, prompting a punitive campaign in which Lot was captured. Abraham's dramatic rescue of Lot from Chedorlaomer's forces marks one of the patriarch's most decisive military actions. The name's Elamite origin underscores the international scope of the narrative.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name of the king of Elam who led a four-king coalition against the cities of the Jordan plain in Genesis 14. All major translations preserve a recognizable form: English 'Chedorlaomer,' Spanish 'Quedorlaomer,' French 'Chedorlaomer,' German 'Kedorlaomer.' The name derives from Akkadian/Elamite Kudur-Lagamar ('servant of Lagamaru'). All five occurrences fall within Genesis 14:1-17, spanning the initial alliance, the rebellion, the campaign, and the aftermath. 5×
AR["كَدَرْلَعُومَرَ", "كَدَرْلَعُومَرُ"]·ben["কদর্লাওমর", "কদর্লাওমরের"]·DE["Kedorlaomer", "Kedorlaomers", "dem-Kedorlaomer", "des-Kedorlaomer"]·EN["Chedorlaomer"]·FR["Chedorlaomer"]·heb["כדרלעמר", "כדרלעמר"]·HI["केदोरलओमेर"]·ID["Kedorlaomer"]·IT["Chedorlaomer"]·jav["Kédorlaomèr"]·KO["그도르라오메르", "그도르라오메르가", "그도르라오메르를"]·PT["Kedorla'omer"]·RU["Кедорлаомер", "Кедорлаомера", "Кедорлаомеру"]·ES["Quedorlaomer"]·SW["Kedorlaoma"]·TR["Kedorlaomer", "Kedorlaomer'e", "Kedorlaomer'i"]·urd["کدرلاعمر"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר n.pr.m. king of Elam ( = Babylon. Kudar-Laga[mar] (Lagamaru = n.pr. div.), v. PinchesVict. Inst. Jan. 20, 1896 SayPSBA, June 1896, 176 ScheilRev. Bibl. 1896, 600 f., cf. SchrCOT)—Gn 14:1, 4, 5, 9, 17.