H5268

נִסְרֹךְ

nis.rokhN:N-M-T

Nisroch

§ Nisroch = "the great eagle" an idol of Nineveh worshipped by Sennacherib; symbolised by the eagle-headed human figure

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נִסְרֹךְ proper name, of a divinity Assyrian god, worshipped by Sennacherib, 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 ᵐ5 Εσδραχ, A Εσθραχ, ᵐ5L Ασραχ(Κ); ᵐ5 Νασαραχ, א Ασαρακ, A Ασαραχ (Isaiah); JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 10:1»x. 1, 5 Αρασκη; no such god in cuneiform inscriptions; see views in MeinhJesaiaerzählungen (1898) on the passage; corrupt form of Nusku (= נסוך) according to HalJas. xiii (1879), 387 = Mél. de. Crit. 177 Muss-ArnJBL xi.1 (1892), 86; Hebraica. vii. 89 R. 17; Nusku is a solar diety, compare JastrRel. Bab. 220 f.


נֵעָה, נֹעָה see נוע.


2 occurrences

II Kings (1), Isaiah (1)