Lexicon / H5576
סַנְחֵרִיב
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  • Sennacherib
  • Sin-aḩê-irba
  • Sin multiplied brothers

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Sennacherib; Sin-aḩê-irba; Sin multiplied brothers

סַנְחֵרִיב n.pr.m Sennacherib Sin-aḩê-irba Sin multiplied brothers .(=,);—son of Sargon and father of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria