Original: סַנְחֵרִיב

Transliteration: Çanchêrîyb

Phonetic: san-khay-reeb'

Short Definition: Sennacherib

Original: סנחריב

Transliteration: sanchêrı̂yb

Phonetic: san-khay-reeb'

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

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H4548, H4930, H5568, H5569, H5570, H5571, H5572, H5573, H5574, H5575, H5577, H5578, H5579, H5580, H5581