Strongs Number: H5576
- Hebrew Word
- סַנְחֵרִיב
- Transliteration
- Çanchêrîyb
- Phonetic
- san-khay-reeb'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
{Sancherib} an Assyrian king
- BDB Definition
-
Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
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
- Origin
- Of foreign origin
- Bible Usage
- Sennacherib.