H8660: תִּרְשָׁתָא
Tirshâthâʼ · pronounced teer-shaw-thaw' · “governor”
Definition
Tirshatha, the title of a Persian deputy or governor
KJV translates it as: Tirshatha.
Word origin: of foreign derivation;
Extended definition
1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea
1a1) Nehemiah used this title
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8660 is translated
- governor ×5
Bible verses with H8660 (Tirshâthâʼ)
Tirshâthâʼ appears in 5 verses.
- Ezra 2:63
And the Tirshatha 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 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 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, 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, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,