Lexical Definition

‎שַׁרְאֶצֶר‎ Sharʼetser (shar-eh'-tser) Sharezer ^N:N-M-P
of foreign derivation

Sharezer.

• § Sharezer or Sherezer = "prince of fire"
• Sharetser, the name of an Assyrian and an Israelite

1) son of king Sennacherib of Assyria and murderer of his father
2) an Israelite whom the people sent to the house of God to pray in the time of the prophet Zechariah and king Darius

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׂרְאֶ֫צֶר‎ proper name, masculine in Assyrian (Babylonian) (van d. H. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎, but see Baer, and Str^{ZMG xxxiii (1879), 302}; in Assyrian perhaps [Ašur, Bêl, or Nergal] šar-uƒur, [...] protect the king ! COT^{2Kgs 19:37}; Σαρασα(ρ)); —

1. son of Sennach., 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 (Schr^{COT l.c.} Wkl^{KAT 3, 84} Stevenson^{Hast. DB. iv. 476}).

2. a returned exile Zech 7:2 (Stevenson^{ib. 477}). — compare also ‎׳‎‎נֵרְגַּל שׂ‎ p. 669.

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