H0671B

אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא

a.phar.sat.te.khayN:N--TG

govenors

Aramaic of a.phar.se.khay (אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא "governors" H0671A) § 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

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 Mey^{Enst. J. 38 ff.} (Persians), but many moderns think official title (Hoffm^{ZA ii. 54} Marquart⁶⁴ Jen^{ThLZ, 1895, 509 Ency. Bib.:190 f.}; plausible explanations are: Andr^{M 53*} = Assyrian šuparša‡ (see Muss-Arn^{Assyrian Dict. 1098} š¹q¥

3., general, Id^{AJSL xx (1904), 186 ff.}); Scheft⁷⁶ = Old Iranian aparasaraka, lesser ruler; Id^{MGWJ 47 (1903),315f.} explained תְּכָיֵא- as Old Persian *aparaθrãka, lesser governor).

1 occurrence

Ezra 4:9