Strong H8340שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר
Sheshbazzar
- Transliteration
- shêshbatstsar
- Pronunciation
- shaysh-bats-tsar'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H8339 : - 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;
Aramaic 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;
Aramaic 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 H8340 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sheshbazzar2
First verses
- Ezra 5:14And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
- Ezra 5:16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.