Shethar

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Shethar: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

one of the seven princes of Persia under Ahasuerus

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Hebrew

Strongs #08369: rtv Shethar

Shethar = "a star"

1) one of the 7 princes of Media or Persian empire

8369 Shethar shay-thawr'

of foreign derivation; Shethar, a Persian satrap:-Shethar.

Shethar [EBD]

a star, a prince at the court of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:14).

Shethar [NAVE]

SHETHAR, a prince of Persia, Esth. 1:14.

SHETHAR [SMITH]

(Pers. a star), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media. (Esther 1:14) (B.C. 483.)

SHETHAR [ISBE]

SHETHAR - she'-thar (~shethar]; Codex Vaticanus and Lucian, Sarsathaios; Codex Alexandrinus Sarestheos): One of the "seven princes" at the court of Ahasuerus (Est 1:14); these princes "sat first in the kingdom" and had the right of entrance to the king's presence at any time, except when he was in the company of one of his wives. (According to Marquart, Fund., 69, Shethar comes from sh-r-sh-th-y with which the Persian siyatis, "joy," is to be compared.) The word has never really been satisfactorily explained; it is presumably Persian.