Strong's Hebrew: 8661. Tartan -- general, commander (title of an Assyr. general)

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Tartan: general, commander (title of an Assyr. general)

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: Tartan
Phonetic Spelling: (tar-tawn')
Short Definition: commander

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
general, commander (title of an Assyr. general)
NASB Translation
commander (1), Tartan (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

תַּרְתָּן noun masculine title of Assyrian General = field-marshal (loan-word from Assyrian tartânu, turtânu Dl^{WB 716} Tiele^{Geschichte. 495 f.} Pinches^{Hast. DB TARTAN} Johns^{Ency. Bib. ID}.); — Isaiah 20:1; 2 Kings 18:17 (+ רַבסָֿרִיס, רַבשָֿׁקֵה; only this last in "" Isaiah 36:2).

Strong's

Tartan

Of foreign derivation; Tartan, an Assyrian -- Tartan.