Shethar

Smith's Bible Dictionary

She'thar. ( Persian, A Star). One of the seven princes, of Persia and Media.  Esther 1:14. (B.C. 483).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Shethar . One of the seven princes who had the right of access to the royal presence (  Esther 1:14 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

In Xerxes' (Ahasuerus) third year ( Esther 1:3-4; compare  Ezra 7:14).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the seven princes of Persia and Media.  Esther 1:14 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Esther 1:13-14

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Esther 1:14

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Shethar', שֵׁתָר , Persic for Star, like Ἀστρή [Gesen.], or Zend Shathiao = "commander" [Furst; Sept. Σαρσαθαὶος v.r. Σαρρέσθεος , etc.), second named of the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and were the first men in the kingdom, in the third year of Xerxes ( Esther 1:14). B.C. 483. Comp.  Ezra 7:14 and the Ἑπτὰ Τ Ων Περσ Ων Ἐπίσημοι of Ctesias (14), and the statement of Herodotus (3, 84) with regard to the seven noble Persians who slew Smerdis, that it was granted to them as a privilege to have access to the king's presence at all, times, without being sent for, except when he was with the women; and, that the king might only take a wife from one of these seven families. (See Carshena); (See Esther).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shē´thar ( שׁתר , she4thar; Codex Vaticanus and Lucian, Σαρσαθαῖος , Sarsathaı́os  ; Codex Alexandrinus Σαρέσθεος , Saréstheos ): One of the "seven princes" at the court of Ahasuerus (  Esther 1:14 ); these princes "sat first in the kingdom" and had the right of entrance to the king's presence at any time, except when he was in the company of one of his wives. (According to Marquart, Fund ., 69, Shethar comes from שרשתי , with which the Persian šiyātis , "joy," is to be compared.) The word has never really been satisfactorily explained; it is presumably Persian.

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

She´thar (Pers., a star), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media, 'who saw the king's face, and sat the first in the kingdom' .