How to Pronounce Rabshakeh
RAHB-sheh-keh
Rabshakeh is pronounced RAHB-sheh-keh (ræbˈʃəkə): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: RAB-shuh-kuh.
What does Rabshakeh mean?
Rabshakeh means “cup-bearer of the prince”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Rabshakeh?
Rabshakeh was a high officer of the king of Assyria, sent with Tartan and Rabsaris from Lachish against Jerusalem; standing before the city wall he taunted King Hezekiah and defied the Lord in the hearing of the people (2 Kings 18:17, 2 Kings 18:19). He appears again during the confrontation with Sennacherib in Isaiah 36 and 37.
Also pronounced
RAB-shuh-kuh
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