1) Tirshatha-governor 1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea 1a1) Nehemiah used this title
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H8660 — תִּרְשָׁתָא
tir.sha.ta · governor · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Ezra 2:63 · הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙and the Tirshatha saith to them, that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of a priest with Urim and with Thummim.Nehemiah 7:65 · הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙and the Tirshatha saith to them that they eat not of the most holy things till the standing up of the priest with Urim and Thummim.Nehemiah 7:70 · הַתִּרְשָׁ֜תָאAnd from the extremity of the heads of the fathers they have given to the work; the Tirshatha hath given to the treasure, of gold, drams a thousand, bowls fifty, priests’ coats thirty and five hundred.Nehemiah 8:9 · הַתִּרְשָׁ֡תָאAnd Nehemiah—he is the Tirshatha—saith (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are instructing the people) to all the people, ‘To-day is holy to Jehovah your God, do not mourn, nor weep:’ for all the people are weeping at their hearing the words of the law.Nehemiah 10:1 · הַתִּרְשָׁ֛תָאAnd over those sealed are Nehemiah the Tirshatha, son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,