Telessar

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proper noun

A city mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 as the destroyed city of the "children of Eden".

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. biblicalA city mentioned in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 as the destroyed city of the "children of Eden".

    Gozan, Harran, Rezeph, and Telessar were in Mesopotamia. Some other places are not known.

    1882, Cunningham Geikie, Rehoboam to Hezekiah, page 454
    1 more example

    Sennacherib mentions it in 2 Kings 19:12 and Isaiah 37:12 when referring to the 'children of Eden, which were in Telessar'; and the possessions of Pharaoh are referred to in Ezekiel 31:9 as extending to Eden.

    2013, Caleb L Moore, The Cherubim, →ISBN, page 11

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Telessar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telessar

MLA

“Telessar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telessar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Telessar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Telessar.

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