hebrew #670 - אֲפָרְסַי apharesaye (official)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Apharsite (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria -- Apharsite. Englishman's Concordance Apharsite=“causers of division (?)” 1) (CLBL) an unknown office 2) (BDB) secretaries 3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official Part of Speech: noun proper masculine plural; Persian A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign origin (only in the plural) Same Word by TWOT Number: 2598 Brown-Driver-Briggsאֲפָֽרְסָיֵא (K§ 52, 2 d)) proper name, plural of a peopleEzra 4:9, ᵐ5LἈφρασαῖοι, A Ἀφαρσαῖοι; GesLex. Man. RöThes. Add. 107 HoffmZA ii. 55 MeyEnst. J. 38Persians; DlBaer Ezr 60 Scheft75Parsua (in Media [see StreckZA xv.308 ff.]; yet v. COTon the passage); Marquart64(א)סָֽרְַיָּאsecretaries (א dittograph of preceding); often identify. with following, so AndrM 53*. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 670. אֲפָרְסָיֵא (apharesaye) — 1 OccurrenceEzra 4:9 |