Strong H8339שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר
Sheshbazzar
- Transliteration
- shêshbatstsar
- Pronunciation
- shaysh-bats-tsar'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Sheshbatstsar} Zerubbabel´ s Persian name: - Sheshbazzar.
{Sheshbatstsar} Zerubbabel´ s Persian name: - Sheshbazzar.
Meaning of the name
Sheshbazzar = "worshipper of fire"
Detailed definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.19;
son of: Pedaiah (H6305H);
brother of: Shimei (H8096J);
father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G10); also called Sheshbazzar at Ezr.1.8,11; 5.14,16; KJV: Zorobabel at Mat.1.12,13;
Another name of ze.rub.ba.vel (זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל "Zerubbabel" H2216)
son of: Pedaiah (H6305H);
brother of: Shimei (H8096J);
father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G10); also called Sheshbazzar at Ezr.1.8,11; 5.14,16; KJV: Zorobabel at Mat.1.12,13;
Another name of ze.rub.ba.vel (זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל "Zerubbabel" H2216)
In the biblical story
Zerubbabel
Leader of the first Jewish exiles from Babylon
Zerubbabel (or Sheshbazzar), a descendant of David, led the first group of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon and oversaw the rebuilding of the temple (1Ch.3.19,19; Ezr.2.2; 3.2,8; 4.2,3; Neh.7.7; 12.1,47; Hag.1.1,12,14; 2.2,4,21,23; Zec.4.6,7,9,10; Ezr.5.2; 1.8,11; 5.14,16; Mat.1.12,13).
In the Bible
Strong H8339 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sheshbazzar2
First verses
- Ezra 1:8Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
- Ezra 1:11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.