Strong H8124שִׁמְשַׁי
Shimshai
- Transliteration
- shimshay
- Pronunciation
- shim-shah'ee
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
(Chaldee); from H8122; sunny;
{Shimshai} a Samaritan: - Shimshai.
{Shimshai} a Samaritan: - Shimshai.
Meaning of the name
Shimshai = "sunny"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.8
In the biblical story
Shimshai
Scribe who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Shimshai was a scribe who, along with Rehum the commander, wrote a letter to King Artaxerxes opposing the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
In the Bible
Strong H8124 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shimshai4
First verses
- Ezra 4:8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
- Ezra 4:9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
- Ezra 4:23Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.