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HebrewH5576Proper Noun (Masculine)

סַנְחֵרִיב

san.che.riv

13Occurrences
H5576Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sancherib, an Assyrian king

of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at ; Also named: sar.gon (*סַרְגוֹן *"Sargon" H5623) § Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon) son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705-681 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

סַנְחֵרִיב appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
5
2 Kings
4
Isaiah
4

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 32:1BSB

After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

2 Chronicles 32:9BSB

Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

2 Chronicles 32:22BSB

So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.

2 Kings 19:16BSB

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

2 Kings 19:36BSB

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.