רַבְשָׁקֵה
Rabshâqêh · rab-shaw-kay'
Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7227 (רַב) and H8248 (שָׁקָה); chief butler;
Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Rabshakeh.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַבְשָׁקֵה 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
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of rabshakeh4 · 25%
- and rabshakeh3 · 19%
- unto rabshakeh2 · 13%
- but rabshakeh2 · 13%
- then rabshakeh2 · 13%
- so rabshakeh2 · 13%
- rabshakeh1 · 6%
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.