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תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר

tiglat-pileser · Tiglath-pileser

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8407 · appears 12 times in the Bible

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What it means

tiglat-pileser (תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Tiglath-pileser”.

A king of Assyria who took the north of Israel and carried its people into exile (2 Kings 15:29), and from whom Ahaz of Judah asked help (2 Kings 16:7). In Chronicles the name is written "Tilgath-pilneser."

How to say it

ti·glat pi·le·ser

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.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Tiglath-pileser ×6
  • Tilgath-pilneser ×6

Where it appears

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried them into exile to Assyria.

  • 2 Kings 16:7

    Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising against me.”

  • 2 Kings 16:10

    King Ahaz went to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria at Damascus, and he saw the altar that was in Damascus. And King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest the likeness of the altar and its pattern, for all its workmanship.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:6

    Beerah, his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried into exile; he was chief of the Reubenites.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:26

    And the Elohim of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, to this day.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:20

    Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and distressed him, and did not strengthen him.

And 6 more times.