This is the name of Tattenai: Persian governor who questioned the Jews' authority to rebuild.
Definition
of foreign derivation; Tattenai, a Persian
Traditional renderings: Tatnai.
Traditional renderings: Tatnai.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4 total
- Ezra 5:3תַּ֠תְּנַי · TattenaiAt that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
- Ezra 5:6תַּתְּנַ֣י׀ · TattenaiThis is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
- Ezra 6:6תַּ֠תְּנַי · To TattenaiTherefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
- Ezra 6:13תַּתְּנַ֞י · TattenaiIn response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.