Shalmaneser

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Assyrian (Anglicized), Biblical, Biblical Hebrew [1]
Scripts שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

From שַׁלְמַנְאֶסֶר (Shalmanʾeser), the Hebrew form of the Akkadian name Shulmanu-ashared meaning "Shulmanu is preeminent". This was the name of five Assyrian kings, including the 9th-century BC Shalmaneser III who expanded the empire. He is mentioned briefly in the Old Testament.

Related Names

RootsShulmanu + ašarēdu
VariantShulmanu-Ashared(Ancient Assyrian)

Categories

greatness, kings, theophoric names

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8022, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8022.
Entry updated December 1, 2024