שִׁמְשַׁיShimshay
proper name, masculine: sim¢zhi = sima¢zhi (Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 4:23)
Pronunciation: shim-shah'-ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8124
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:8 Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 4:9 They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).
- Ezra 4:17 Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.
- Ezra 4:23 When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).