495. Ellasar
Strong's Lexicon
Ellasar: Ellasar

Original Word: אֶלָּסָר
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Ellacar
Pronunciation: el-lä-sär'
Phonetic Spelling: (el-law-sawr')
Definition: Ellasar
Meaning: Ellasar

Word Origin: Likely of foreign origin, possibly Akkadian or Sumerian.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Genesis 14:1: "In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim..."

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for Ellasar, as it is a specific proper noun referring to a location in the Hebrew Bible.

Usage: Ellasar is a proper noun referring to a city or region mentioned in the Old Testament.

Cultural and Historical Background: It is known as the kingdom of one of the kings who joined forces with Chedorlaomer in the battle against the cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a country of unknown location
NASB Translation
Ellasar (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֶלָּסָר proper name, of a location Ellasar Genesis 14:1,9 (= Babylonian Larsa, modern Senkereh, approximately 28 miles northeast from Ur; compare LoftCS 240 f DlPa 223 f TieleGeschichte i. 86, COTon the passage).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ellasar

Probably of foreign derivation; Ellasar, an early country of Asia -- Ellasar.

Forms and Transliterations
אֶלָּסָ֑ר אלסר ’el·lā·sār ’ellāsār ellaSar
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 14:1
HEB: אַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר כְּדָרְלָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ
NAS: king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
KJV: king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
INT: Arioch king of Ellasar Chedorlaomer king

Genesis 14:9
HEB: וְאַרְי֖וֹךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֶלָּסָ֑ר אַרְבָּעָ֥ה מְלָכִ֖ים
NAS: king of Ellasar-- four
KJV: and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings
INT: and Arioch king of Ellasar four kings

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 495
2 Occurrences


’el·lā·sār — 2 Occ.















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