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HebrewH0671Noun

אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא

a.phar.se.khay

3Occurrences
H0671Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe

(Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--LG

Full Description

N:N--LG

Occurrences

אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
3

Key Passages

Ezra 4:9BSB

From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,

Ezra 5:6BSB

This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

Ezra 6:6BSB

Therefore Darius decreed:To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region:You must stay away from that place!

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.