Strong's H5576 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: סַנְחֵרִיב (Çanchêrîyb)

Pronunciation: san-khay-reeb'

POS: san-khay-reeb' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: of foreign origin;

Definition: of foreign origin; Sancherib, an Assyrian king; Sennacherib.

KJV Usage: Sennacherib.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
• 2. 1) 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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