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Ezra 4

Ezra 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Rehum
Rchuwm (Hebrew #7348)
Rechum, the name of a Persian and of three Israelites
KJV usage: Rehum.
Pronounce: rekh-oom'
Origin: a form of 7349
the chancellor
t`em (Hebrew #2942)
properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subj. and obj.)
KJV usage: + chancellor, + command, commandment, decree, + regard, taste, wisdom.
Pronounce: teh-ame'
Origin: (Aramaic) from 2939, and equivalent to 2941
b`el (Hebrew #1169)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 1167
KJV usage: + chancellor.
Pronounce: beh-ale'
and Shimshai
Shimshay (Hebrew #8124)
sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan
KJV usage: Shimshai.
Pronounce: shim-shah'-ee
Origin: (Aramaic) from 8122
the ψscribe
capher (Hebrew #5613)
a scribe (secular or sacred)
KJV usage: scribe.
Pronounce: saw-fare'
Origin: (Aramaic) from the same as 5609
wrote
kthab (Hebrew #3790)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3789
KJV usage: write(-ten).
Pronounce: keth-ab'
a
chad (Hebrew #2298)
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
KJV usage: a, first, one, together.
Pronounce: khad
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 2297
letter
'iggra' (Hebrew #104)
an epistle (as carried by a state courier or postman)
KJV usage: letter.
Pronounce: ig-er-aw'
Origin: (Aramaic) of Persian origin
against
`al (Hebrew #5922)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 5921
KJV usage: about, against, concerning, for, (there-)fore, from, in, X more, of, (there-, up-)on, (in-)to, + why with.
Pronounce: al
Jerusalem
Yruwshalem (Hebrew #3390)
corresponding to 3389
KJV usage: Jerusalem
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lame'
Origin: (Chaldee) yer-oo-shaw-lame
to Artaxerxes
'Artachshashta' (Hebrew #783)
or by permutation gArtachshactu {ar-takh-shast'}; of foreign origin; Artachshasta (or Artaxerxes), a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
KJV usage: Artaxerxes.
Pronounce: ar-takh-shash-taw'
Origin: or mArtachshasht {ar-takh- shasht'}
the king
melek (Hebrew #4430)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4428
in this sort
knema' (Hebrew #3660)
so or thus
KJV usage: so, (in) this manner (sort), thus.
Pronounce: ken-ay-maw'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 3644
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or, secretary.

More on:

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Artaxerxes,
Chancellor,
Jerusalem,
King,
Rehum,
Scribes,
Shimshai,
Writing

Cross References

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scribe.
or, secretary.
Ezra 4:9• 9Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, (Ezra 4:9)
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2 Sam. 8:17• 17And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; (2 Sam. 8:17)
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2 Sam. 20:25• 25And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: (2 Sam. 20:25)
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2 Kings 18:18• 18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (2 Kings 18:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king after this sort: