ravshake · Rabshakeh

What it means

ravshake (רַבְשָׁקֵה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Rabshakeh”.

Not a personal name but the title of a high officer of the king of Assyria, probably "chief cupbearer." He is the one who speaks for the king before the walls of Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17–19:8; Isaiah 36–37).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A high official of the king of Assyria.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×16
• Isaiah×16

• 2 Kings 18:17

  The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large force to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem; they went up and came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the Launderer’s Field.

• 2 Kings 18:19

  The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say, please, to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What is this confidence in which you have trusted?

• 2 Kings 18:26

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who are on the wall.”

• 2 Kings 18:27

  The Rabshakeh said to them, “Is it to your master and to you that my master has sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their excrement and to drink their urine with you?”

• 2 Kings 18:28

  The Rabshakeh stood and cried out with a loud voice in the language of Judah, and spoke and said, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

• 2 Kings 18:37

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

• 2 Kings 19:4

  Perhaps YHWH your Elohim will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to taunt the living Elohim, and will rebuke him for the words that YHWH your Elohim has heard; so lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

• 2 Kings 19:8

  The Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.

• Isaiah 36:2

  The king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah with a large force; and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the Launderer’s Field.

• Isaiah 36:4

  The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say, please, to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What is this confidence in which you have trusted?

• Isaiah 36:11

  Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who are on the wall.”

• Isaiah 36:12

  The Rabshakeh said, “Is it to your master and to you that my master has sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their excrement and to drink their urine with you?”

• Isaiah 36:13

  The Rabshakeh stood and cried out with a loud voice in the language of Judah, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

• Isaiah 36:22

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

• Isaiah 37:4

  Perhaps YHWH your Elohim will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to taunt the living Elohim, and will rebuke him for the words that YHWH your Elohim has heard; so lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

• Isaiah 37:8

  The Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.

And 16 more times.