תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶ֫סֶר
tig.lat pil.e.ser
“Tiglath-pileser”
Definition
Tiglath-Pileser or Tilgath-pilneser, an Assyryrian king
or תִּגְלַת פְּלֶסֶר; or תִּלְגַּת פִּלְנְאֶסֶר or תִּלְגַּת פִּלְנֶסֶר; of foreign derivation;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶ֫סֶר appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile.Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
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