SISINNES sĭ sĭn’ ĕs (Σισίννης). The governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia under Darius. He objected to the rebuilding of the Temple under Zerubbabel, but was ordered by Darius to desist (1 Esd 6:3, 7, 27; 7:1); called Tattenai in Ezra 5:3; 6:6.