Strong's H5576 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: סַנְחֵרִיב (Çanchêrîyb)

Pronunciation: san-khay-reeb'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Derivation: of foreign origin

Definition: Sancherib, an Assyrian king

KJV Renderings: Sennacherib

Senses

1. Sennacherib = "Sin multiplied brothers" (Sin = the moon)
2. son of Sargon, father of Esarhaddon, and king of Assyria from 705-681 BC; attacked Judah during the reign of king Hezekiah and Judah was delivered when in response to the prayer of Hezekiah an angel smote 185,000 Assyrian soldiers