Athersata - Tirshatha

Athersata indicates qualities of a (governor) leader and organizer.. Father, Priest, Heads of Fathers, Abba, Servant, Feared God, Fear God, Priests, Fathers, Charge, Responsibility, Duty, Onus

Mentioned in Bible
Ezra & Nehemiah

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim. Ezra 2: 63 NKJV

governor = Hebrew Tirshatha = Athersata

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim. Nehemiah 7: 65 NKJV

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And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. Nehemiah 8: 9 NKJV

governor = Hebrew Tirshatha = Athersata

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that I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the leader of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. Nehemiah 7: 2 NKJV

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Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites. Ezra 3: 8 - 9 NKJV

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they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.” Ezra 4: 2 NKJV

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And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments. Nehemiah 7: 70 NKJV

Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place. Ezra 2: 68 NKJV

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O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer. And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. Nehemiah 1: 11 & 2: 1 NKJV