A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.14.1 § Arioch = "lion-like" the ancient king of Ellasar, ally of Chedorlaomer
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ar.yokh · Arioch · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 14:1 · אַרְי֖וֹךְAnd it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim,Genesis 14:9 · וְאַרְי֖וֹךְwith Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.Daniel 2:14 · לְאַרְי֕וֹךְThen Daniel hath replied with counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.Daniel 2:15 · לְאַרְיוֹךְ֙ · אַרְי֖וֹךְHe hath answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, ‘Wherefore is the sentence so urgent from before the king?’ Then Arioch hath made the thing known to Daniel,Daniel 2:24 · אַרְי֔וֹךְTherefore Daniel hath gone up unto Arioch, whom the king hath appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he hath gone, and thus hath said to him, ‘The wise men of Babylon thou dost not destroy, bring me up before the king, and the interpretation to the king I do shew.’Daniel 2:25 · אַרְיוֹךְ֙Then Arioch in haste hath brought up Daniel before the king, and thus hath said to him—‘I have found a man of the sons of the Removed of Judah, who the interpretation to the king doth make known.’