Shimshai — the meaning of the Hebrew name שִׁמְשַׁי

שִׁמְשַׁי

Shimshay · pronounced shim-shah'-ee · Strong's H8124 · a man

Shimshai means sunny.

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שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh (aramaic from, H8122) — the sun open in the lexicon ›

(Aramaic) from H8122; sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan.

Ezra 4:8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: (KJV)

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Ezra

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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