Shimshai
שִׁמְשַׁיStrong’s H8124shimshay (shim-shay)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shimshay is the Aramaic word usually translated “shimshai”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.8
How it's translated
- and shimshai 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Aramaic dictionary
שִׁמְשַׁי shimshay · Shimshai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.8 § Shimshai = "sunny" the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government
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.