Tartân — H8661

Definition

masculine noun

Tartan, an Assyrian

1. Tartan-field marshal, general, or commander
1. a title used by the Assyrian military

Usually translated as

Tartan

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Tartân occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Kings 18:17 — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan (תַּרְתָּ֥ן) and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.
• Isaiah 20:1 — In the year that Tartan (תַרְתָּן֙) came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;