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אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא
Artachshashta
ar-takh-shash-taw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼArtachshashtâʼ
“Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
Rendered in the KJV as
Artaxerxes.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא2
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא1
- אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּ1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא1
- וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא1
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Artaxerxes9
- of Artaxerxes4
- and Artaxerxes1
- to Artaxerxes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)5
- proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 5
- ANpm · 4
- HR/Npm · 4
- AC/Npm · 1
- AR/Npm · 1
All 15, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezra carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezra12 occurrences
- Ezra 4:7אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּאʾartachshasta'proper noun (a name)And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 4:7אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּʾartachshastaproper noun (a name)And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 4:8לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאleartachshaste'preposition + proper noun (a name)Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:here: to Artaxerxes
- Ezra 4:11אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּאʾartachshaste'proper noun (a name)(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 4:23אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּʾartachshasteproper noun (a name)When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 6:14וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּאveartachshaste'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.here: and Artaxerxes
- Ezra 7:1אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 7:7לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.here: of Artaxerxes
- Ezra 7:11אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 7:12אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 7:21אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,here: Artaxerxes
- Ezra 8:1אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:here: Artaxerxes
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 2:1לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,here: of Artaxerxes
- Nehemiah 5:14לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.here: of Artaxerxes
- Nehemiah 13:6לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the kinghere: of Artaxerxes