Hebrew word · H8272

שַׁרְאֶ֫צֶר

vesar'etzer

Sharezer

Appears 4 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.37;

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

2 Kings · 1

  1. 2 Kings 19:37 וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙ and Sharezer sons his

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 37:38 וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר and Sharezer

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

    Here: A second son. The name matches the Assyrian šar-uṣur, '[god], protect the king', probably the end of a longer name whose divine element has been dropped (for example Nabû-šar-uṣur). He is not securely identified in Assyrian sources.

Zechariah · 2

  1. Zechariah 7:2 שַׂר־ אֶ֕צֶר Shar-, -ezer

    Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

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