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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:8 - Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues - the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites),

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - The king sent the following response: "To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.
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