Tartan: general, commander (title of an Assyr. general)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: Tartan Phonetic Spelling: (tar-tawn') Short Definition: commander
Brown-Driver-Briggs
(loan-word from Assyrian tartânu, turtânu DlWB 716 TieleGeschichte. 495 f. PinchesHast. DB TARTAN JohnsEncy. Bib. ID.); — Isaiah 20:1; 2 Kings 18:17 (+ , ; only this last in "" Isaiah 36:2).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Tartan
Of foreign derivation; Tartan, an Assyrian -- Tartan.
2 Kings 18:17 HEB:אַשּׁ֡וּר אֶת־ תַּרְתָּ֥ן וְאֶת־ רַב־ NAS: sent Tartan and Rab-saris KJV: sent Tartan and Rabsaris INT: the king of Assyria Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh
Isaiah 20:1 HEB:בִּשְׁנַ֨ת בֹּ֤א תַרְתָּן֙ אַשְׁדּ֔וֹדָה בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח NAS: In the year that the commander came KJV: In the year that Tartan came INT: the year came the commander to Ashdod sent