H8272: שַׁרְאֶצֶר
Sharʼetser · pronounced shar-eh'-tser · “Sharezer”
Definition
Sharetser, the name of an Assyrian and an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Sharezer.
Word origin: of foreign derivation;
Extended definition
son of: Sennacherib (H5576);
brother of: Adrammelech (H0152H) and Esarhaddon (H0634)
§ Sharezer or Sherezer = "prince of fire"
1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father
2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8272 is translated
- his ×1
- sharezer ×1
- shar- ×1
- -ezer ×1
Bible verses with H8272 (Sharʼetser)
Sharʼetser appears in 3 verses.
- 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.
- Zechariah 7:2
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regem–melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord,