Bible Encyclopedias
Asnapper

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Asmonean

Next Entry
Asolo

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Asnapper
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Asnapper
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Asnapper
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Asnapper
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Asnapper
Hitchcock Bible Names
• Asnapper
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Asnapper
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Asnapper
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Asnapper
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Asnapper
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Asnapper
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Asnapper
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Asnapper
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Asnapper

A person who transplanted the mixed multitude of tribes from Babylon to Samaria after the fall of the latter city (Ezra 4:10). It has been conjectured that this word is a misreading for Assurbanipal, though the reference in Ezra 4:2 is to Esarhaddon. The reading Asbacaphath in I Esdras 5:69 suggests that a ב ("bet") has fallen out. If this conjecture is correct the word "Asnapper" contains the only reference to the Assyrian king Assurbanipal in the Bible. In the Revised Version the form "Osnappar" is preferred.

—In Rabbinical Literature:

The Talmud identifies Asnapper with Sennacherib, who is said to have had eight names, like his opponent Hezekiah (Sanh. 94a).