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HebrewH8340Proper Noun (Masculine)

שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר

she.she.bats.tsar

2Occurrences
H8340Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

{Sheshbatstsar, Zerubbabel's Persian name}

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8339 (שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר)

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 ; Aramaic 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 5:14BSB

He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

Ezra 5:16BSB

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.