- Original: אמרפל - Transliteration: 'Amraphel - Phonetic: am-raw-fel' - Definition: amraphel = sayer of darkness: fall of the sayer 1. the king of Shinar (Babylon) (perhaps Hammurabi c 2100 BC) - Origin: of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation; Amraphel a king of Shinar: - Amraphel. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • Amraphel, 2 Genesis 14:1; Genesis 14:9