Artaxerxes
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּאStrong’s H0783artachshashta (ar-tach-shash-ta)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Artachshashta is the Aramaic word usually translated “artaxerxes”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.6.14
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.7
How it's translated
- artaxerxes 9
- of artaxerxes 4
- to artaxerxes 1
- and artaxerxes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 11
- Nehemiah 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:8Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
- Ezra 4:11This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, 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.
- Ezra 6:14And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
- Ezra 7:1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- Ezra 7:7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Aramaic dictionary
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא artachshashta · Artaxerxes
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.6.14 Also named: ar.tach.shash.ta (אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא "Artaxerxes" H0783) § Artaxerxes = "I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter" son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא artachshashta · Artaxerxes
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.7 Aramaic of ar.tach.shash.ta (אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא "Artaxerxes" H0783H) § Artaxerxes = "I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter" son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.