Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H783
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׁתָּא
Artachshashtaar-takh-shash-taw'
Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼArtachshashtâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H783is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 14spellings
- 4meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H783
Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
The King James renders it: Artaxerxes.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Artachshashta is rendered "Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes; Artaxerxes". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists four meanings for it, beginning with "Artaxerxes".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:7And 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.
- The Greek text spells it fourteen different ways.
The first use
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.
Ezra 4:7אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries four meanings: Artaxerxes, and Artaxerxes, and Artaxerxes, and Artaxerxes.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| ArtaxerxesStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereEzra 4:7And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel… |
| ArtaxerxesStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ArtaxerxesStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| ArtaxerxesStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Artaxerxes9
- of Artaxerxes4
- and Artaxerxes1
- to Artaxerxes1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
14 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא2
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא1
- אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּ1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּ1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא1
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּא1
- וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא1
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּא1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)5HNpm
- proper noun (a name)4ANpm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1AC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1AR/Npm
Ezra
twelve uses
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.
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֗שְׂתָּאʾartachshasta'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּʾartachshastaproper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּאleartachshaste'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Artaxerxes
(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּאʾartachshaste'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
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.
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּʾartachshasteproper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
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.
- וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּאveartachshaste'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Artaxerxes
Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
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.
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Artaxerxes
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:
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
- אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
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,
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
- אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאʾartachshast'proper noun (a name)tagged: Artaxerxes
Nehemiah
three uses
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,
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Artaxerxes
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.
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Artaxerxes
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 king
- לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּאleartachshast'preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Artaxerxes
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.