Strong H8661תַּרְתָּן
Tartan
- Transliteration
- tartân
- Pronunciation
- tar-tawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind
Definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Tartan} an Assyrian: - Tartan.
{Tartan} an Assyrian: - Tartan.
Detailed definition
The Tartan was a high-ranking Assyrian military commander who led campaigns against Ashdod and Jerusalem.
In the biblical story
Tartan
Title of an Assyrian military commander
The Tartan was a high-ranking Assyrian military commander who led campaigns against Ashdod and Jerusalem.
In the Bible
Strong H8661 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tartan2
First verses
- 2 Kings 18:17And 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 20:1In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;