Rabshakeh
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English
Etymology
From Hebrew, presumably from Assyrian.
Proper noun
Rabshakeh
- (biblical) One of Sennacherib's messengers to Hezekiah, quoted in 2 Kings 18:27–37 and Isaiah 36:12–20.
- 1885, Joseph Parker, The people's Bible: discourses upon Holy Scripture, volume 16, page 83:
- For example, here is a man, a chief officer or cupbearer, Rabshakeh by name, who represents the king of Assyria […]
