HebrewH8339Proper Noun (Masculine)
שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר
she.she.bats.tsar
“Sheshbazzar”
2Occurrences
H8339Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Sheshbatstsar, Zerubbabel's Persian name
of foreign derivation;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at ; son of: Pedaiah (H6305H); brother of: Shimei (H8096J); father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G0010); also called Sheshbazzar at ; KJV: Zorobabel at ; Another name of ze.rub.ba.vel (*זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל *"Zerubbabel" H2216) § Sheshbazzar = "worshipper of fire" the prince of Judah at the first return from exile in Babylon; usually identified as the Babylonian name for Zerubbabel
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezra
2
Key Passages
Ezra 1:8BSB
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Ezra 1:11BSB
In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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