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Lexicon :: Strong's H8660 - tiršāṯā'

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxEzr 2:63

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - And some of the heads of families gave money for the work. The Tirshatha gave into the store a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' robes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, who was the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were the teachers of the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the Lord your God; let there be no sorrow or weeping; for all the people were weeping on hearing the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:1 - Now those who put down their names were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
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