H3771: כַּרְשְׁנָא
Karshᵉnâʼ · pronounced kar-shen-aw' · “Carshena”
Definition
Karshena, a courtier of Xerxes
KJV translates it as: Carshena.
Word origin: of foreign origin;
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.1.14
§ Carshena = "illustrious"
one of the 7 princes of Persia and Media under king Ahasuerus
§ Carshena = "illustrious"
one of the 7 princes of Persia and Media under king Ahasuerus
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3771 is translated
- were carshena ×1
Bible verses with H3771 (Karshᵉnâʼ)
Karshᵉnâʼ appears in 1 verse.
- Esther 1:14
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)