רַבְשָׁקֵה
Rabshâqêh · H7262 · Hebrew · proper noun · 32 occurrences
Person
Meanings
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great one > chief, official, captain
Literally: great one; hence: someone in a position of authority at a royal court or on a ship
Examples2 Kings 18:17 Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rab-saris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the road of the fuller’s field.
2 Kings 18:19 And Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria says: “What is this confidence that you have?
2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebnah, and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, because we understand it; and do not speak with us in Judean so that the people who are on the wall hear you.”
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
16 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַבְשָׁקֵהlarge 16
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 2
What it doesIt is the subject
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- אָמַרto say 4
- עָמַדto stand 2
- שׁוּבto return, to turn back 2
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֵלto, toward 4
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
20 occurrences in 2 groups
- רַבְשָׁקֵהlarge 16
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 10 entries
- Large002001001037
- This domain is shared with the common word for "great, many" (רַב (rab, H7227)) and the related court title Rab-saris (רַב־סָרִיס (Rab-Çârîyç, H7249)); it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations, which all concern the title itself.
- Quantity002001001046
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Frequency002001003009
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Intense002001003011
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Old002001001041
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Great002001002012
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Leaders001001003005
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Officials001001003007
- The word means Rabshakeh, a Assyrian court title, directly illustrated by Rabshakeh sent with Tartan and Rab-saris to Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17) and Rabshakeh's own address to Hezekiah's officials (2 Kings 18:19, 26-28).
- Happen002002003003
- This domain is shared with the same related words; it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations.
- Soldiers001001003013
- This domain is shared with the homograph meaning "archer" (רַב (rab, H7228)); the military context of Rabshakeh's mission "with a large army to Jerusalem" reflects this sense in general terms (2 Kings 18:17), though not the archer sense itself.
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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