שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַיShᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay

proper name, masculine: Persian official (Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6; Ezra 6:13)

Pronunciation: sheth-ar' bo-zen-ah'-ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8370

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 5:3 But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
  • Ezra 5:6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor, Shethar-bozenai, and the other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River sent to King Darius:
  • Ezra 6:6 So King Darius sent this message: “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates River—stay away from there!
  • Ezra 6:13 Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues complied at once with the command of King Darius.
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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).