שִׁמְשַׁי

shim.shayShimshai
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man4 occurrences1 book4 verses
This is the name of Shimshai: Scribe who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem.

Definition

(Aramaic) from H8122; sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan
Traditional renderings: Shimshai.

Glossary entries

Shimshai

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Ezra 4:8וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ · and Shimshai
    Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
  2. Ezra 4:9וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ · Shimshai
    From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
  3. Ezra 4:17וְשִׁמְשַׁ֣י · Shimshai
    Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
  4. Ezra 4:23וְשִׁמְשַׁ֥י · Shimshai
    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.