Strong's Lexicon

H5268

H5268 — נִסרוֹך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewNicroknameOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1382

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5268
Word:	נִסרוֹך
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	of foreign origin
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	Nicrok
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	nis-roke'
Meaning:	1. Nisrok, a Babylonian idol
KJV Renderings:	Nisroch.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5249

נִסְרֹךְ proper name [of a divinity] Assyrian god, worshipped by Sennacherib, 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 ᵐ5 Εσδραχ, A Εσθραχ, ᵐ5 ^L Ασραχ(Κ); ᵐ5 Νασαραχ, א Ασαρακ, A Ασαραχ (Isaiah); Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 10:1»x. 1}, 5 Αρασκη; no such god in cuneiform inscriptions; see views in Meinh^{Jesaiaerzählungen (1898) on the passage}; corrupt form of Nusku (= נסוך) according to Hal^{Jas. xiii (1879), 387 = Mél. de.
Crit. 177} Muss-Arn^{JBL xi.1 (1892), 86}; Hebraica. vii. 89 R. 17; Nusku is a solar diety, compare Jastr^{Rel. Bab. 220
f}.

נֵעָה, נֹעָה see נוע .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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