H8660

תִּרְשָׁתָא

tir.sha.taN:N-M-T

governor

1) Tirshatha-governor 1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea 1a1) Nehemiah used this title

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

תִּרְשָׁתָא noun masculine Tirshathâ, title of Persian governor in Judaea, according to MeyEntstehung d. Jud. 194 and others = His Excellency (read Tarshathâ) otherwise LagSymm. i. 60 (compare Arm. Stud. §§ 280, 1680). — As Meyl.c., Scheft93 f. (tarsvta, the feared, revered) MossHast. DB TIRSHATHA CheEncy. Bib. ID.; — ׳הַתּ Ezra 2:63 = Neh 7:65; Neh 7:69 (Baer Gi; vNeh 7:70 van d. H.); of Nehemiah Neh 8:9; Neh 10:1.


3 occurrences

Ezra (1), Nehemiah (2)