אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא

ar.tach.shash.taArtaxerxes
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man15 occurrences2 books14 verses
This is the name of Artaxerxes: Persian king during Ezra and Nehemiah's time.

Definition

or אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתְּא; or by permutation אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
Traditional renderings: Artaxerxes.

Glossary entries

Artaxerxes

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

15 total
  1. Ezra 4:7 (2×)אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא · of Artaxerxes [king]; אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא · Artaxerxes
    And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
  2. Ezra 4:8לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא · Artaxerxes
    Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
  3. Ezra 4:11אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא · Artaxerxes
    (This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
  4. Ezra 4:23אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא · Artaxerxes
    When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
  5. Ezra 6:14וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא · and Artaxerxes
    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
  6. Ezra 7:1אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא · of Artaxerxes
    Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
  7. Ezra 7:7לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
  8. Ezra 7:11אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
  9. Ezra 7:12אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
  10. Ezra 7:21אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,
  11. Ezra 8:1אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
  12. Nehemiah 2:1לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
  13. Nehemiah 5:14לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
  14. Nehemiah 13:6לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא · Artaxerxes
    While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king