Strong H783H783Hאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא
Artaxerxes
One of the 4 senses of Strong H783
- Transliteration
- 'artachshashtâ' 'artachshasht'
- Pronunciation
- {ar-takh-shash-taw'} ar-takh-shasht'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Artaxerxes: the Hebrew form beginning in Ezra 4:7 and used elsewhere in Ezra and Nehemiah. Current STEP identifies this form as H783A.
General definition
Of foreign origin;
Artachshasta (or {Artaxerxes}) a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings: - Artaxerxes.
Artachshasta (or {Artaxerxes}) a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings: - Artaxerxes.
In the biblical story
Artaxerxes
Persian king during Ezra and Nehemiah's time
Artaxerxes was the Persian king who allowed Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1,11-12,21; Neh 2:1; 5:14).