Lexicon :: Strong's H671 - 'ăp̄ārsᵊḵāyē'

אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא
Transliteration
'ăp̄ārsᵊḵāyē'
Pronunciation
af-ar-sek-ah'ee
Part of Speech
proper masculine plural noun (of Persian origin)
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2599,2600

Strong’s Definitions

אֲפַרְסְכַי ʼĂpharçᵉkay, af-ar-sek-ah'ee; (Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי ʼĂpharçathkay; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe:—Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H671 in the following manner: Apharsachites (2x), Apharsathchites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H671 in the following manner: Apharsachites (2x), Apharsathchites (1x).

  1. Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)"

  2. Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)"

    1. (CLBL) an unknown office

    2. (BDB) perhaps an office or an official

    3. (TWOT)

      1. a people

      2. perhaps a title of an official

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲפַרְסְכַי ʼĂpharçᵉkay, af-ar-sek-ah'ee; (Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי ʼĂpharçathkay; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe:—Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.
STRONGS H671: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

‡† 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 šuparšaḳ (see Muss-ArnAssyrian Dict. 1098 šāqū 3, general, IdAJSL xx (1904), 186 ff.); Scheft76 = Old Iranian aparasaraka, lesser ruler; IdMGWJ 47 (1903), 315 f. explained תְּכָיֵא- as Old Persian *aparaθrãka, lesser governor).
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Ezra

4:9; 5:6; 6:6