H0671A

אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא

a.phar.se.khayN:N--LG

governors

Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)" Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)" 1) (CLBL) an unknown office 2) (BDB) perhaps an office or an official 3) (TWOT) 3a) a people 3b) perhaps a title of an official Also named: a.phar.sat.te.khay (אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא "govenors" H0671B)

The KJV translates H0671 in the following manner:

Apharsachites (4x), Apharsathchites (2x)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6 = (according to most)



אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא Ezra 4:9, proper name, plural of a people, so most hitherto, and still MeyEnst. J. 38 ff. (Persians), but many moderns think official title (HoffmZA ii. 54 Marquart64 JenThLZ, 1895, 509 Ency. Bib.:190 f.; plausible explanations are: AndrM 53* = Assyrian šuparša‡ (see Muss-ArnAssyrian Dict. 1098 š¹q¥

3., general, IdAJSL xx (1904), 186 ff.); Scheft76 = Old Iranian aparasaraka, lesser ruler; IdMGWJ 47 (1903),315f. explained תְּכָיֵא- as Old Persian *aparaθrãka, lesser governor).


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