BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8272
shar.e.tser — Sharezer
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37; son of: Sennacherib (H5576); brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Esarhaddon (H0634) § Sharezer or Sherezer = "prince of fire" 1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father 2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5576
san.che.riv — Sennacherib
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.13; father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at Isa.20.1; 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
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H634
e.sar-chad.don — Esarhaddon
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37; son of: Sennacherib (H5576); brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Sharezer (H8272) § Esarhaddon = "Ashur has given a brother" king of Assyria in the seventh-century BC
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5371
ne.re.gal shar.e.tser — Nergal-sar-ezer
A Babylonian official of Samgar, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.39.3a § Nergal-sharezer = "prince of fire" chief soothsayer and a ruler in the army of Nebuchadnezzar
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5623
sar.gon — Sargon
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.13; father of: Adrammelech (H0152H), Sharezer (H8272) and Esarhaddon (H0634); also called Sargon at Isa.20.1; Another name of san.che.riv (סַנְחֵרִיב "Sennacherib" H5576) § Sargon = "prince of the sun" king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser, and father of Sennacherib; ruled from 721-702 BC; conqueror of Samaria
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →(god) protect the king!, a son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. He and his brother Adrammelech murdered their father, and then fled into the land of Armenia (2 Kings 19:37).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
