# תִּרְשָׁתָא (tirshata)

Israeli respelling: tir-sha-ta. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8660. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

Tirshatha, the title of a Persian deputy or governor

King James renderings: Tirshatha.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/tirshata-h8660

## Occurrences

- [Ezra 2:63](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/2/63) — And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- [Nehemiah 7:65](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/65) — And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
- [Nehemiah 7:70](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/70) — And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hu…
- [Nehemiah 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/8/9) — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, Thi…
- [Nehemiah 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/1) — Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,