Bible Names

Nisroch: meaning of the name

Nisroch means “flight; proof; temptation; delicate.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Nisroch in Hebrew and Greek

נִסְרֹךְ H5268

Niçrôk (nis-roke') — Nisrok, a Babylonian idol

of foreign origin;

Nisroch in Scripture

“Nisroch” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Kings 19:37

    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.

  • Isaiah 37:38

    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 Esar–haddon his son reigned in his stead.