Tartan תַּרְתָּן
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| תַּרְתָּן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tartan |
| Strong's number | H8661 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | title |
| Gloss | Tartan |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Kings (1) |
Tartan (Hebrew תַּרְתָּן, Strong's H8661) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Tartan”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
1) Tartan-field marshal, general, or commander
1a) a title used by the Assyrian military
1a) a title used by the Assyrian military
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | tartan (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | tartan (1), chief commander (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tartan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 18:17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan 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.Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).