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Lexicon :: Strong's H783 - 'artaḥšaštᵊ'

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אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא
Transliteration
'artaḥšaštᵊ'
Pronunciation
ar-takh-shash-taw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא ʼArtachshashtâʼ, ar-takh-shash-taw'; or אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא ʼArtachshashtᵉʼ; or by permutation אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא ʼArtachshaçtᵉʼ; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings:—Artaxerxes.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H783 in the following manner: Artaxerxes (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H783 in the following manner: Artaxerxes (15x).

  1. Artaxerxes = "I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter"

    1. son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא ʼArtachshashtâʼ, ar-takh-shash-taw'; or אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא ʼArtachshashtᵉʼ; or by permutation אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא ʼArtachshaçtᵉʼ; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings:—Artaxerxes.
STRONGS H783: Abbreviations
† אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא proper name, masculine Artaxerxes (Persian Artakhshatrâ, SpiegAPK 68, 207 Greek Version of the LXX Ἀρταξερξης, compare BeRy on Ezra 4:23; Ezra 7:1f.; Nehemiah 1:1) א׳ Ezra 4:7 see BD102; אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא Ezra 4:7, אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא Ezra 7:1, 11; Ezra 8:1; Nehemiah 2:1; Nehemiah 5:14; Nehemiah 13:6; Artaxerxes I, or Longimanus, son & successor of Xerxes, reigned B.C. 465-424.

Biblical Aramaic

אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא proper name, masculine of king, Ezra 4:8, 11, 23; Ezra 6:14 = שַׁסְתְּא- Ezra 7:12, 21 (Biblical Hebrew שַׁשְׂתָּא-; Egyptian Aramaic ארתחשסש RES438, S-CB2+; see also AndrM 54* Schefti. 79); — Αρσαρθα, Α(ρ)σαθαθα, Αρθασαθα; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αρταξερξης.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:7; 4:7; 4:8; 4:11; 4:23; 4:23; 6:14; 7:1; 7:1; 7:11; 7:12; 7:21; 8:1

Nehemiah

1:1; 2:1; 5:14; 13:6

H783

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Strong's Number H783 matches the Hebrew אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא ('artaḥšaštᵊ'),
which occurs 17 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:7 - Even later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia,[fn] the enemies of Judah, led by Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel, sent a letter to Artaxerxes in the Aramaic language, and it was translated for the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - This is a copy of their letter: “To King Artaxerxes, from your loyal subjects in the province west of the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - So the Jewish elders continued their work, and they were greatly encouraged by the preaching of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo. The Temple was finally finished, as had been commanded by the God of Israel and decreed by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 - Many years later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia,[fn] there was a man named Ezra. He was the son[fn] of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - Some of the people of Israel, as well as some of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple servants, traveled up to Jerusalem with him in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes’ reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the LORD to Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - [fn]“From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven. Greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - “I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River[fn]: ‘You are to give Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven, whatever he requests of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 - Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[fn] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes[fn]—neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign,[fn] though I later asked his permission to return.
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