Çanchêrîyb — H5576

Definition

masculine proper noun

Sancherib, an Assyrian king

1. Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
2. 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

Usually translated as

Sennacherib

Origin

of foreign origin

Occurrences

Çanchêrîyb occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (5), Isaiah (4)

• 2 Kings 18:13 — Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֤יב) king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• 2 Kings 19:16 — LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֔יב), which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
• 2 Kings 19:20 — Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֥ב) king of Assyria I have heard.
• 2 Kings 19:36 — So Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֣יב) king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
• 2 Chronicles 32:1 — After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֣יב) king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
• 2 Chronicles 32:2 — And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֑יב) was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
• 2 Chronicles 32:9 — After this did Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֨יב) king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
• 2 Chronicles 32:10 — Thus saith Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֖יב) king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
• 2 Chronicles 32:22 — Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֥יב) the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
• Isaiah 36:1 — Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֤יב) king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
• Isaiah 37:17 — Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֔יב), which hath sent to reproach the living God.
• Isaiah 37:21 — Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֖יב) king of Assyria:
• Isaiah 37:37 — So Sennacherib (סַנְחֵרִ֣יב) king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.