Tirshâthâʼ — H8660

Definition

masculine noun

Tirshatha, the title of a Persian deputy or governor

1. Tirshatha-governor
1. a title used by the Persian governor in Judea
1. Nehemiah used this title

Usually translated as

Tirshatha

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Tirshâthâʼ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (4)

• Ezra 2:63 — And the Tirshatha (הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙) said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
• Nehemiah 7:65 — And the Tirshatha (הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙) said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
• Nehemiah 7:70 — And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha (הַתִּרְשָׁ֜תָא) gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
• Nehemiah 8:9 — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha (הַתִּרְשָׁ֡תָא), and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
• Nehemiah 10:1 — Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha (הַתִּרְשָׁ֛תָא), the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,