Nisroch
נִסְרֹךְStrong’s H5268nisrokh (nis-rokh)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nisrokh is the Hebrew word usually translated “nisroch”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”
Meaning
- § Nisroch = "the great eagle"
How it's translated
- nisroch 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
נִסְרֹךְ nisrokh · Nisroch
§ Nisroch = "the great eagle" an idol of Nineveh worshipped by Sennacherib; symbolised by the eagle-headed human figure
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.