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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Strong's definition

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

First appearance

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

Every verse that names Shimshai

4 occurrences in 4 verses — Ezra

Ezra 4:8Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:17Ezra 4:23

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