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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 - In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written in Aramaic and translated.[fn]

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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 against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - (This is a copy of the letter that they sent.) “To Artaxerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:23

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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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 - Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.[fn] And now

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - “And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - These are the heads of their fathers’ houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:1 - In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king
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