Sanballat
סַנְבַלַּטStrong’s H5571sanvallat (san-val-lat)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sanvallat is the Hebrew word usually translated “sanballat”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.10
How it's translated
- sanballat 6
- by sanballat 1
- and sanballat 1
- and to sanballat 1
- of sanballat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 10
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
- Nehemiah 4:1But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
- Nehemiah 4:7But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
- Nehemiah 6:1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
- Nehemiah 6:2That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
- Nehemiah 6:5Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand;
Hebrew dictionary
סַנְבַלַּט sanvallat · Sanballat
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.10 § Sanballat = "strength" a Moabite of Horonaim and the opponent of Nehemiah and the returned exiles in their goal of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem
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.