ʼArtachshashtâʼ — H783

Definition

masculine proper noun

Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings

1. Artaxerxes = "I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter"
2. son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia, 465-424 BC

Usually translated as

Artaxerxes

Origin

or ʼArtachshashtᵉʼ; or by permutation ʼArtachshaçtᵉʼ; of foreign origin

Occurrences

ʼArtachshashtâʼ occurs 15 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (11), Nehemiah (3)

• Ezra 4:7 — And in the days of Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא) 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.
• Ezra 4:7 — And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ) king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
• Ezra 4:8 — Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes (לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא) the king in this sort:
• Ezra 4:11 — This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא) the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
• Ezra 4:23 — Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּ)’ 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 6:14 — And 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 (וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא) king of Persia.
• Ezra 7:1 — Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא) king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
• Ezra 7:7 — And 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 (לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא) the king.
• Ezra 7:11 — Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא) gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
• Ezra 7:12 — Artaxerxes (אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא), king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
• Ezra 7:21 — And I, even I Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא) the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
• Ezra 8:1 — These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes (אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא) the king.
• Nehemiah 2:1 — And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes (לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא) the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
• Nehemiah 5:14 — Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes (לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא) the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
• Nehemiah 13:6 — But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes (לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא) king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: