Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8661: תַּרְתָּן

Tartân · pronounced tar-tawn' · “Tartan”

Definition

Tartan, an Assyrian

KJV translates it as: Tartan.

Word origin: of foreign derivation;

Extended definition

1) Tartan-field marshal, general, or commander
1a) a title used by the Assyrian military

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8661 is translated

  • the commander in chief ×1
  • the supreme commander ×1

Bible verses with H8661 (Tartân)

Tartân appears in 2 verses.

  • 2 Kings 18:17

    And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.

  • Isaiah 20:1

    In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;