Lexicon / H5623
סַרְגוֹן
sar.gon
  • Sargon

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Glosses: 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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Sargon

סַרְגֿוֹן n.pr.m Sargon Is 20:1 .;—king of Assyria B.C. 722-705, conqueror of Samaria, father of Sennacherib, only