Shetar שֵׁתָר
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| שֵׁתָר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shetar |
| Strong's number | H8369 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Shethar |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Shetar (Hebrew שֵׁתָר, Strong's H8369) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Shethar”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.1.14
§ Shethar = "a star"
one of the 7 princes of Media or Persian empire
§ Shethar = "a star"
one of the 7 princes of Media or Persian empire
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shethar (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | shethar (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shetar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 1:14And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
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).