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Rabshakeh

Rabshakeh proper noun: one of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah, quoted in 2 Kings 18:27–37 and Isaiah 36:12–20.

Proper noun

Rabshakeh

  1. One of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah, quoted in 2 Kings 18:27–37 and Isaiah 36:12–20.
    • For example, here is a man, a chief officer or cupbearer, Rabshakeh by name, who represents the king of Assyria[…]1885, Joseph Parker, The people's Bible: discourses upon Holy Scripture, volume 16, page 83

Origin of Rabshakeh

From Hebrew, presumably from Assyrian.

Questions about Rabshakeh

What does Rabshakeh mean?
Rabshakeh means one of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah, quoted in 2 Kings 18:27–37 and Isaiah 36:12–20.
What part of speech is Rabshakeh?
Rabshakeh is a proper noun.

Words near Rabshakeh in the dictionary

  1. Raborn
  2. Raborns
  3. rabot
  4. rabots
  5. rabri
  6. Rabshakeh
  7. Rabson
  8. Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
  9. rabulism
  10. rabulisms
  11. rabulistic

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