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Sheshbazzar

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(fire-worshipper). Zerubbabel’s name at the Persian court (Ezra 1:8-11⁸Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. ⁹And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, ¹⁰Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. ¹¹All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:8‑11)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Apparently the Chaldean or Persian name given to ZERUBBABEL (Ezra 1:8,11⁸Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. (Ezra 1:8)
¹¹All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:11); Ezra 5:14,16¹⁴And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; (Ezra 5:14)
¹⁶Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. (Ezra 5:16)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8339 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Sheshbatstsar

Phonic:

shaysh-bats-tsar’

Meaning:

of foreign derivation; Sheshbatstsar, Zerubbabel's Persian name

KJV Usage:

Sheshbazzar

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

fine linen in the tribulation

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Setting free of splendor; joy in tribulation:―Zerubbabel’s Persian name, Ezra 1:8. {Liberatio splendoris}