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Shimshai

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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shim´shı̄ , shim´shā́ - ı̄ ( שׁמשׁי , shimshay ; Codex Vaticanus Σαμασά , Samasá , Σαμαέ , Samaé , Σαμεαίς , Sameaı́s Σαμεσά , Samesá ; Codex Alexandrinus Σαμσαί , Samsaı́ ; Lucian, Σαμαίας , Samaı́as , throughout; in 1 Esdras 2:17 he is called "Semellius," the Revised Version (British and American) "Samellius"; a number of explanations of this name have been offered, but no one has been generally favored. One conjecture traces it to an Old Iranian caritative שׁשׁמי , conformed to שׁמשׁ ; another prefers the Old Bactrian simēzhi = simaēzhi ; compare BDB , under the word The name looks as though it were derived from שׁמשׁ , shemesh , "the sun"): A state secretary who, with REHUM (which see) and others, wrote to Artaxerxes to persuade him to prohibit the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:8 , Ezra 4:9 , Ezra 4:17 , Ezra 4:23 ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Shimshai'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​s/shimshai.html. 1915.
 
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