Çanballaṭ — H5571

Definition

masculine proper noun

Sanballat, a Persian satrap of Samaria

1. Sanballat = "strength"
2. a Moabite of Horonaim and the opponent of Nehemiah and the returned exiles in their goal of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Sanballat

Origin

of foreign origin

Occurrences

Çanballaṭ occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (10)

• Nehemiah 2:10 — When Sanballat (סַנְבַלַּ֣ט) the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
• Nehemiah 2:19 — But when Sanballat (סַנְבַלַּ֨ט) the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
• Nehemiah 4:1 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat (סַנְבַלַּ֗ט) heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
• Nehemiah 4:7 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat (סַנְבַלַּ֡ט), and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
• Nehemiah 6:1 — Now it came to pass, when Sanballat (לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט), and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
• Nehemiah 6:2 — That Sanballat (סַנְבַלַּ֤ט) and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
• Nehemiah 6:5 — Then sent Sanballat (סַנְבַלַּ֜ט) his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
• Nehemiah 6:12 — And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat (וְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט) had hired him.
• Nehemiah 6:14 — My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat (וּלְסַנְבַלַּ֖ט) according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
• Nehemiah 13:28 — And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat (לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט) the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.