BDB9333
אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6 = (according to most)
Strong's Lexicon
H671
H671 — אֲפַרסְכַי אֲפַרסַתכַּי
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H671 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אֲפַרסְכַי אֲפַרסַתכַּי |
| Part of Speech: | name |
| Etymology: | of foreign origin (only in the plural) |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | Apharckay |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | af-ar-sek-ah'ee ((Aramaic) or fApharcathkay (Aramaic) {af-ar-sath-kah'ee}) n/p. |
| Meaning: | 1. an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe |
| KJV Renderings: | Apharsachites, Apharasthchites. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9334
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, Id AJSL xx (1904), 186 ff.); Scheft76 = Old Iranian aparasaraka , lesser ruler; IdMGWJ 47 (1903),315f. explained תְּכָיֵא- as Old Persian * apara θ rãka , lesser governor).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke