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Tartan

Meaning of “Tartan”

An Assyrian officer.

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 18:17

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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.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:17 · retained source text

¶ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh, from Lachish to king Hezekiah, with a great hoste against Ierusalem: and they went vp, and came to Ierusalem: and when they were come vp, they came and stood by the conduit of the vpper poole, which is in the high way of the fullers field.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heauy

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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 20:1 · retained source text

¶ In the yeere that Tartan came vnto Ashdod (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him) and fought against Ashdod and tooke it:

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