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Lexicon :: Strong's H8124 - šimšay

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שִׁמְשַׁי
Transliteration
šimšay
Pronunciation
shim-shah'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

שִׁמְשַׁי Shimshay, shim-shah'-ee; (Aramaic) from H8122; sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan:—Shimshai.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H8124 in the following manner: Shimshai (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H8124 in the following manner: Shimshai (4x).
  1. Shimshai = "sunny"

    1. the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁמְשַׁי Shimshay, shim-shah'-ee; (Aramaic) from H8122; sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan:—Shimshai.
STRONGS H8124: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

שִׁמְשַׁי proper name, masculine; — always סָֽפְרָא שׁ׳ : Ezra 4:8, 9, 17, 23 (AndrM 86 * conjectures Old Iranian caritative ששמי, conformed to שׁמשׁ, compare Scheft92, who, however, prefers Old Baktrian simēzhi = simaēzhi, proper name).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:8; 4:9; 4:17; 4:23

H8124

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8124 matches the Hebrew שִׁמְשַׁי (šimšay),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the judges, the governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.
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