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Lexicon :: Strong's H8660 - tiršāṯā'

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תִּרְשָֽׁתָא
Transliteration
tiršāṯā'
Pronunciation
teer-shaw-thaw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
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TWOT Reference: 2548

Strong’s Definitions

תִּרְשָׁתָא Tirshâthâʼ, teer-shaw-thaw'; of foreign derivation; the title of a Persian deputy or governor:—Tirshatha.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H8660 in the following manner: Tirshatha (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H8660 in the following manner: Tirshatha (5x).

  1. Tirshatha - governor

    1. a title used by the Persian governor in Judea

      1. Nehemiah used this title

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּרְשָׁתָא Tirshâthâʼ, teer-shaw-thaw'; of foreign derivation; the title of a Persian deputy or governor:—Tirshatha.
STRONGS H8660: Abbreviations
† תִּרְשָׁתָא noun masculine Tirshathâ, title of Persian governor in Judaea, according to MeyEntstehung d. Jud. 194 and others = His Excellency (read Tarshathâ) otherwise LagSymm. i. 60 (compare Arm. Stud. §§ 280, 1680). — As Meyl.c., Scheft93f. (tarśta, the feared, revered) MossHast. DB TIRSHATHA CheEncy. Bib. ID.; — הַתּ׳ Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65, 69 (Baer Gi; Nehemiah 7:70 van d. H.); of Nehemiah Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

2:63

Nehemiah

7:65; 7:69; 7:70; 8:9; 10:1

H8660

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Strong's Number H8660 matches the Hebrew תִּרְשָֽׁתָא (tiršāṯā'),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:63

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The [fn]governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests’ food] until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could [fn]determine God’s will in the matter].

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - The governor told them that they should not eat any of the most holy food until a priest arose with [fn]Urim and Thummim [to determine God’s will in the matter].

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 -

Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests’ garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 -

Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1 -

[fn]Now these were the names on the sealed document: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah. And Zedekiah,

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