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nisroch

nisroch


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Nisroch 
  probably  connected  with  the  Hebrew  word  _nesher_,  an  eagle.  An 
  Assyrian  god,  supposed  to  be  that  represented  with  the  head  of 
  an  eagle.  Sennacherib  was  killed  in  the  temple  of  this  idol  (2 
  Kings  19:37;  Isa.  37:38). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Nisroch,  flight;  proof;  temptation;  delicate