תַּרְתָּן
Tartan , an Assyrian
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What does תַּרְתָּן (tarĕtān) mean in the Bible?
תַּרְתָּן (tarĕtān) is a Hebrew word meaning "Tartan , an Assyrian". Tartan, an Assyrian BDB: field-marshal Usage: Tartan.
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Meaning
Assyrian military officer title meaning field-marshal, appearing in Isaiah's account of Sennacherib's invasion
Tartan, an Assyrian BDB: field-marshal Usage: Tartan.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.