Word Study · Strong's H8370 · Hebrew
שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי
Shethar Bozenay
sheth-ar' bo-zen-ah'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay
“Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shethar-Bozenai, a Persian officer
Rendered in the KJV as
Shetharboznai.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- בּוֹזְנַ֖י2
- בּוֹזְנַי֙2
- וּשְׁתַ֥ר1
- וּשְׁתַ֤ר1
- שְׁתַ֤ר1
- שְׁתַ֥ר1
How it is rendered · 3
- Bozenai4
- and Shethar-2
- Shethar-2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- ANpm · 6
- AC/Npm · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Ezra8 occurrences
- Ezra 5:3וּשְׁתַ֥רushetarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”here: and Shethar-
- Ezra 5:3בּוֹזְנַ֖יboznaiproper noun (a name)At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”here: Bozenai
- Ezra 5:6וּשְׁתַ֤רushetarconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.here: and Shethar-
- Ezra 5:6בּוֹזְנַי֙boznaiproper noun (a name)This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.here: Bozenai
- Ezra 6:6שְׁתַ֤רshetarproper noun (a name)Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!here: Shethar-
- Ezra 6:6בּוֹזְנַי֙boznaiproper noun (a name)Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!here: Bozenai
- Ezra 6:13שְׁתַ֥רshetarproper noun (a name)In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.here: Shethar-
- Ezra 6:13בּוֹזְנַ֖יboznaiproper noun (a name)In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.here: Bozenai