Tiglath-Pileser

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

Meaning & History

From תִּגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר (Tiḡlaṯ Pilʾeser), the Hebrew form of Akkadian Tukulti-apil-esharra meaning "my trust is in the son of Esharra", Esharra being the main temple dedicated to the god Ashur in the city of Ashur. This was the name of three kings of Assyria, including the conqueror Tiglath-Pileser III (8th century BC), who is mentioned in the Old Testament.

Related Names

Rootstukultu + aplu + Esharra
VariantTukulti-Apil-Esharra(Ancient Assyrian)

Categories

family, kings, theophoric names, trust, virtues

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h8407, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h8407.
Entry updated October 6, 2024