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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8370 - שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי

Transliteration

Shᵉthar Bôwzᵉnay

Phonetics

sheth-ar' bo-zen-ah'ee

Origin

of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Shethar-boznai = "star of splendour"
1. a Persian officer in the reign of Darius

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Ezra 4

BSB (4)

Ezra 8

CSB (4)

Ezra 4

ESV (4)

Ezra 4

KJV (4)

Ezra 4

LEB (4)

Ezra 4

LSB (4)

Ezra 4

N95 (4)

Ezra 4

NAS (4)

Ezra 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Ezra 4

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שְׁתַר בּוֺזְנַי proper name, masculine Persian official Ezra 5:3,6; Ezra 6:6,13; Σαθαρβουζανα (αι, ε, ης); ᵐ5^L Σαθραβωζαης (Andr^{M 87 *} proposes ׳מתרב, Greek Μιθροβουζάνης, = Old Iranian * Mithrabauzana, Mithra is delieverer (or the like), Mey^{Entst, J.32}; Scheft^92f. Old Iranian Šêtharabûzana, empire-delivering; Wkl^{MVAG 1887,281f.} conjecture a title).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי (ستار بازناى “bright star”), [Shethar-bozni], pr.n. of a Persian governor, Ezra 5:3, 6:6.

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List of Word Forms

בּוֹזְנַ֖י בּוֹזְנַי֙ בוזני bō·wz·nay bōwznay bozNai