Shimshay שִׁמְשַׁי
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| שִׁמְשַׁי | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shimshay |
| Strong's number | H8124 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Shimshai |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
Shimshay (Hebrew שִׁמְשַׁי, Strong's H8124) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Shimshai”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.8
§ Shimshai = "sunny"
the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government
§ Shimshai = "sunny"
the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shimshai (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | shimshai (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Shimshay, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 4:8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
- Ezra 4:23Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).