Etymology

Sargon

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Today it means: An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE. Full definition →

Hebrew סַרְגוֹן ← Akkadian Šarrum-kīn
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  1. Akkadian · derived fromŠarrum-kīn
  2. Hebrew · borrowed fromסַרְגוֹן
  3. English todaySargon

From Hebrew סַרְגוֹן (Sargón) (Isaiah 20:1), from Akkadian Šarrum-kīn.

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