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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SHETHAR-BOZENAI, SHETHAR-BOZNAI

she'-thar-boz'-e-ni, she'-thar-boz'-ni, -boz'-na-i, (shethar boznay, meaning uncertain): The name of a Persian (?) official mentioned with Tattenai in connection with the correspondence with Darius relative to the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezra 5:3, 6; Ezra 6:6, 12; Codex Vaticanus Satharbouzan; Codex Alexandrinus Satharbouzanai, in Ezra 5:3; Ezra 6:13; Satharbouzanes, in Ezra 5:6; Satharbouzane, in Ezra 6:6; Lucian, throughout, Tharbouzanaios), called in 1 Esdras 6:3, 7, 27; 7:1 "Shathrabuzanes."

Among the conjectures as to the meaning and derivation of the name, the following may be mentioned:

(1) Shethar-boznai may be a corruption of metharboznay = Mithrobouzanes, Old Persian Mithrobauzana-i.e. "Mithra is deliverer."

(2) shathar is identical with the Old Persian Tsithra ("seed," "brilliance"); names have been found that are confounded with this word.

(3) shethar bowzenay may be a title, but sethar, must then be read for shethar.

(4) shethar boznay is equivalent to the Old Persian Sethrabuzana, "empire-delivering"; compare Encyclopedia Biblica, article "Shethar-boznai," and Brown, Driver, and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament.

Horace J. Wolf

Strong's Hebrew

8370. Shethar Bozenay -- a Pers. official
... Shethar Bozenay. 8371 . a Pers. official. Transliteration: Shethar Bozenay Phonetic
Spelling: (sheth-ar' bo-zen-ah'-ee) Short Definition: Shethar-bozenai. ...
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Thesaurus

Shethar-bozenai (4 Occurrences)
Shethar-bozenai. Shetharbozenai, Shethar-bozenai. She'thar-boz'enai . Int. ...
Shetharbozenai, Shethar-bozenai. She'thar-boz'enai . Reference Bible.
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Shetharbozenai (4 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHETHAR-BOZENAI, SHETHAR-BOZNAI. ... Horace J. Wolf.
Multi-Version Concordance Shetharbozenai (4 Occurrences). ...
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She'thar-boz'enai (4 Occurrences)
She'thar-boz'enai. Shethar-bozenai, She'thar-boz'enai. Shetharboznai . ... (See
RSV). Shethar-bozenai, She'thar-boz'enai. Shetharboznai . Reference Bible.
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Tattenai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Tat'tenai (4 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave ...
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Colleagues (8 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Associates (26 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Shethar (3 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Trans-euphrates (12 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Companions (58 Occurrences)
... Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River,
and Shetharbozenai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who gave you a ...
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Bible Concordance

Shethar-bozenai (4 Occurrences)

Ezra 5:3 At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS)

Ezra 5:6 The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king;
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS NIV)

Ezra 6:6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence:
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS)

Ezra 6:13 Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.
(See JPS ASV BBE NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Shethar-Bozenai

Related Terms

Shetharbozenai (4 Occurrences)

She'thar-boz'enai (4 Occurrences)

Tattenai (4 Occurrences)

Tat'tenai (4 Occurrences)

Colleagues (8 Occurrences)

Associates (26 Occurrences)

Shethar (3 Occurrences)

Trans-euphrates (12 Occurrences)

Companions (58 Occurrences)