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<p> The god of Nineveh, in whose temple Sennacherib was assassinated by his sons (&nbsp;2 Kings 19:37; &nbsp;Isaiah 37:38). From nisr Arabic (Hebrew nesher , "eagle"), with the intensive och , "the great eagle." The eagle headed human figure that overcomes the lion or bull, depicted in colossal size upon the walls and the portals, and in the groups upon the embroidered robes; a type of the supreme God. [[Philo]] Bybl. in Eusebius, Praepar. Evang. i. 10 says first [[Zoroaster]] taught that [[Ormuzd]] the [[Persian]] god was symbolized by the eagle's head. The constellation [[Aquila]] represented it. </p> <p> Nisroch may be a corruption for Asarak, Assar (related to Asshur), an [[Assyrian]] god met with in many Assyrian proper names. [[Septuagint]] in many copies have for N. Asorach, Esorach, for which [[Josephus]] (Ant. 10:1, section 5) has Araskes. Sir H. Rawlinson says "Asshur had no temple in [[Nineveh]] in which Sennacherib could have been worshipping." Jarchi explains Nisroch "a beam of Noah's ark." Nisroch is apparently the eagle headed winged figure, with cone in one hand and basket in the other, taken from the N.W. palace, Nimrud. G. Rawlinson says Nisr is not found with this meaning, and Nisroch nowhere in the inscriptions; Nisroch he regards as a corruption. </p>

<p> [[Nisroch]] (''Nĭsrŏch'' ), ''Great Eagle?'' An Assyrian deity in whose temple at Nineveh Sennacherib was murdered by his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer. &nbsp;2 Kings 19:37; &nbsp;Isaiah 37:38. </p>