Shêshᵉbatstsar — H8340

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

(Aramaic) corresponding to H8339

• Shêshᵉbatstsar (H8339)

Occurrences

Shêshᵉbatstsar occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• Ezra 5:14 — And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar (לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר), whom he had made governor;
• Ezra 5:16 — Then came the same Sheshbazzar (שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣ר), and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.