Smith's Bible Dictionary Shimshai or Shimshai(sunny), the scribe or secretary of Kehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered province of Judea and of the colony of Samaria, supported by the Persian court. (Ezra 4:8,13,17,23) He was apparently an Aramaean, for the letter which he wrote to Artaxerxes was in Syriac. (Ezra 4:7) (B.C. 529.) Strong's Hebrew 8124. Shimshay -- a scribe who opposed Isr.... a scribe who opposed Isr. Transliteration: Shimshay Phonetic Spelling: (shim-shah'-ee) Short Definition: Shimshai. ... NASB Word Usage Shimshai (4). Shimshai. ... /hebrew/8124.htm - 6k |
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