Strong H8640תִּרְהָקָה
Tirhakah
- Transliteration
- tirhâqâh
- Pronunciation
- teer-haw'-kaw
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Tirhakah} a king of Kush: - Tirhakah.
{Tirhakah} a king of Kush: - Tirhakah.
Meaning of the name
Tirhakah = "he searched out the pious: he searched out the waiter"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.9
In the biblical story
Tirhakah
King of Cush (Ethiopia) who opposed Sennacherib
Tirhakah, the king of Cush (Ethiopia), opposed Sennacherib's invasion of Judah during the reign of King Hezekiah.
In the Bible
Strong H8640 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tirhakah2
First verses
- 2 Kings 19:9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
- Isaiah 37:9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,