How to Pronounce Artaxerxes
agr-tak-SERK-seez
Artaxerxes is pronounced agr-tak-SERK-seez (ˌɑːtəˈzɜːkˌsiːz): four syllables, stress on the third. Also heard: AHR-tuh-ZUHRK-seez.
What does Artaxerxes mean?
Artaxerxes means “the silence of light; fervent to spoil”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Artaxerxes?
The Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:7). He was probably the Smerdis of profane history. (2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 7:1, in the seventh year (B.C. 458) of whose reign Ezra led a second colony of Jews back to Jerusalem, was probably Longimanus, who reigned for forty years (B.C. 464-425); the grandson of Darius, who, fourteen years later, permitted Nehemiah to return and rebuild Jerusalem.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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