A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.3.19;
son of: Pedaiah (H6305H);
brother of: Shimei (H8096J);
father of: Meshullam (H4918H), Hananiah (H2608L), Shelomith (H8019I), Hashubah (H2807), Ohel (H0169), Berechiah (H1296), Hasadiah (H2619), Jushab-hesed (H3142) and Abiud (G0010); also called Sheshbazzar at Ezr.1.8,11; 5.14,16; KJV: Zorobabel at Mat.1.12,13;
Aramaic of ze.rub.ba.vel (זְרֻבָּבֶ֫ל "Zerubbabel" H2216)
§ Sheshbazzar = "worshipper of fire"
the prince of Judah at the first return from exile in Babylon; usually identified as the Babylonian name for Zerubbabel