HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8369
שֵׁתָר
she.tar — Shethar
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.1.14 § Shethar = "a star" one of the 7 princes of Media or Persian empire
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Shethar
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8370
שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי
she.tar bo.ze.nay — Shethar-bozenai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.5.3 § Shethar-boznai = "star of splendour" a Persian officer in the reign of Darius
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A star, a prince at the court of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:14).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.