Tirhâqâh — H8640

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tirhakah, a king of Kush

1. Tirhakah = "he searched out the pious: he searched out the waiter"
2. king of Ethiopia and Egypt in the time of Sennacherib

Usually translated as

Tirhakah

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Tirhâqâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1)

• 2 Kings 19:9 — And when he heard say of Tirhakah (תִּרְהָ֤קָה) king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
• Isaiah 37:9 — And he heard say concerning Tirhakah (תִּרְהָ֤קָה) king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,