How to Pronounce Asnapper
as-NAP-uhr
Asnapper is pronounced as-NAP-uhr: three syllables, stress on the second.
What does Asnapper mean?
Asnapper means “unhappiness; increase of danger”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Asnapper?
Probably the same as Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalos of the Greeks), styled the “great and noble” (Ezra 4:10), was the son and successor (B.C. 668) of Esar-haddon (q.v.). He was “luxurious, ambitious, and cruel, but a magnificent patron of literature.” He formed at Nineveh a library of clay tablets, numbering about 10,000. These are now mostly in the British Museum. They throw much light on the history and antiquities of Assyria. Assur-bani-pal was a munificent patron of literature, and the conqueror of Elam. Towards the middle of his reign his empire was shaken by a great rebellion headed by his brother in Babylon.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.