Word Study · Strong's H8661 · Hebrew

תַּרְתָּן

Tartan

tar-tawn'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Tartân

“Tartan, an Assyrian”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Tartan, an Assyrian

Rendered in the KJV as

Tartan.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

תַרְתָּן֙1
תַּרְתָּ֥ן1

How it is rendered · 2

[the] commander in chief1
[the] supreme commander1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine singular1
noun · masculine singular1

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HNcmsa · 1
HNtmsa · 1

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

2 Kings1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 18:17תַּרְתָּ֥ןtartannoun · masculine singularNevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.here: [the] commander in chief

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 20:1תַרְתָּן֙tartannoun · masculine singularBefore the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,here: [the] supreme commander

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