How to Pronounce Sheshbazzar

shesh-BAZ-uhr

Sheshbazzar is pronounced shesh-BAZ-uhr (ʃɛʃˈbæzə): three syllables, stress on the second.

What does Sheshbazzar mean?

Sheshbazzar means “joy in tribulation; joy of the vintage”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

What is Sheshbazzar?

O sun-god, defend the lord! (Ezra 1:8, 11), probably another name for Zerubbabel (q.v.), Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:12, 14; Zech. 4:6, 10.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

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