Shêshᵉbatstsar — H8339

Definition

masculine proper noun

Sheshbatstsar, Zerubbabel's Persian name

1. Sheshbazzar = "worshipper of fire"
2. the prince of Judah at the first return from exile in Babylon; usually identified as the Babylonian name for Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Sheshbazzar

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Shêshᵉbatstsar occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2)

• Ezra 1:8 — Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar (לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֔ר), the prince of Judah.
• Ezra 1:11 — All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar (שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֗ר) bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.