סַנְחֵרִיב
Çanchêrîyb · san-khay-reeb'
Sancherib, an Assyrian king
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Sancherib, an Assyrian king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sennacherib.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the house, what is within
To support and uphold of the seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סַנְחֵרִיב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of sennacherib3 · 23%
- to me against sennacherib2 · 15%
- so sennacherib2 · 15%
- that sennacherib2 · 15%
- did sennacherib1 · 8%
- thereof, sennacherib1 · 8%
- this did sennacherib1 · 8%
- sennacherib1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.