8124. Shimshay
Berean Strong's Lexicon
Shimshay: Shimshai

Original Word: שִׁמְשַׁי
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Shimshay
Pronunciation: shim-shah'-ee
Phonetic Spelling: (shim-shah'-ee)
Definition: Shimshai
Meaning: Shimshai

Word Origin: Likely derived from the Hebrew root שֶׁמֶשׁ (shemesh), meaning "sun."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Shimshay in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper name specific to the Hebrew text.

Usage: Shimshay is a proper noun used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible. It refers specifically to a scribe who was an adversary of the Jewish people during the time of their return from Babylonian exile.

Cultural and Historical Background: Shimshay is mentioned in the context of the post-exilic period when the Jewish people were returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple and restore their community. This was a time of significant opposition from surrounding peoples who were threatened by the re-establishment of a Jewish presence in the region. Scribes like Shimshay played crucial roles in the administration and communication of official decrees and letters, often influencing political and social dynamics.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) from shemash
Definition
a scribe who opposed Isr.
NASB Translation
Shimshai (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
שִׁמְשַׁי proper name, masculine; — always סָֽפְרָא ׳שׁ: Ezra 4:8,9,17,23 (AndrM 86 * conjectures Old Iranian caritative ששמי, conformed to שׁמשׁ, compare Scheft92, who, however, prefers Old Baktrian sim¢zhi = sima¢zhi, proper name).

שֵׁן see שׁנן. below

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Shimshai

(Aramaic) from shemesh; sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan -- Shimshai.

see HEBREW shemesh

Forms and Transliterations
וְשִׁמְשַׁ֣י וְשִׁמְשַׁ֥י וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ ושמשי veshimShai wə·šim·šay wəšimšay
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Englishman's Concordance
Ezra 4:8
HEB: בְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א כְּתַ֛בוּ
NAS: the commander and Shimshai the scribe
KJV: the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe
INT: chancellor chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote

Ezra 4:9
HEB: בְּעֵל־ טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א וּשְׁאָ֖ר
NAS: the commander and Shimshai the scribe
KJV: the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe,
INT: chancellor chancellor and Shimshai the scribe and the rest

Ezra 4:17
HEB: בְּעֵל־ טְעֵם֙ וְשִׁמְשַׁ֣י סָֽפְרָ֔א וּשְׁאָר֙
NAS: the commander, to Shimshai the scribe,
KJV: the chancellor, and [to] Shimshai the scribe,
INT: chancellor chancellor to Shimshai the scribe the rest

Ezra 4:23
HEB: קֳדָם־ רְח֛וּם וְשִׁמְשַׁ֥י סָפְרָ֖א וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן
NAS: Rehum and Shimshai the scribe
KJV: Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe,
INT: before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8124
4 Occurrences


wə·šim·šay — 4 Occ.
















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