H5576Hebrewsanḥēriyḇ

סַנְחֵרִיב

Sennacherib.

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Total Occurrences
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Books
13
Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1son of sargon, father of esarhaddon, and king of assyria from 705681 bc; attacked judah during the reign of king hezekiah and judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 assyrian soldiers

Etymology & Derivation

of foreign origin;

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Çanchêrîyb; Pronunciation: san-khay-reeb'