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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 - [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 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:9 - They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.

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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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