Strong H8660תִּרְשָׁתָא
governor
- Transliteration
- tirshâthâ'
- Pronunciation
- teer-shaw-thaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind
Definition
Of foreign derivation; the title of a Persian deputy or governor: - Tirshatha.
Detailed definition
1) Tirshatha-governor
1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea
1a1) Nehemiah used this title
1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea
1a1) Nehemiah used this title
In the Bible
Strong H8660 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tirshatha5
First verses
- Ezra 2:63And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- Nehemiah 7:65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
- Nehemiah 7:70And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
- Nehemiah 8:9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
- Nehemiah 10:1Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,