Shethar-Bozenai, Shethar-Boznai
shethar-boze-n, shethar-bozn, -bozna-, ( , shethar boznay, meaning uncertain): The name of a Persian (?) official mentioned with Tattenai in connection with the correspondence with Darius relative to the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezr 5:3, Ezr 5:6; Ezr 6:6, Ezr 6:12; Codex Vaticanus , Satharbouzan; Codex Alexandrinus , Satharbouzana, in Ezr 5:3; Ezr 6:13; , Satharbouzanes, in Ezr 5:6; , Satharbouzane, in Ezr 6:6; Lucian, throughout, , Tharbouzanaos), called in 1 Esdras 6:3, 7, 27; 7:1 Shathrabuzanes.
Among the conjectures as to the meaning and derivation of the name, the following may be mentioned: (1) Shethar-boznai may be a corruption of , metharboznay = , Mithrobouzanes, Old Persian Mithrobauzana – i.e. Mithra is deliverer. (2) , shathar is identical with the Old Persian Cithra (seed, brilliance); names have been found that are confounded with this word. (3) , shethar bowzenay may be a title, but , sethar, must then be read for , shethar. (4) , is equivalent to the Old Persian Sethrabuzana, empire-delivering; compare Encyclopedia Biblica, article Shethar-boznai, and Brown, Driver, and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament.