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Lexicon :: Strong's H670 - 'ăp̄ārsāyē'

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אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא
Transliteration
'ăp̄ārsāyē'
Pronunciation
af-aw-re-sah'ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine plural noun (of Persian origin)
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin (only in the plural)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2598

Strong’s Definitions

אֲפָרְסַי ʼĂphârᵉçay, af-aw-re-sah'ee; (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria:—Apharsite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H670 in the following manner: Apharsites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H670 in the following manner: Apharsites (1x).

  1. Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"

    1. (CLBL) an unknown office

    2. (BDB) secretaries

    3. (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲפָרְסַי ʼĂphârᵉçay, af-aw-re-sah'ee; (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria:—Apharsite.
STRONGS H670: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

‡ † אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא (K§ 52, 2 d)) proper name, plural of a people Ezra 4:9, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἀφρασαῖοι, A Ἀφαρσαῖοι; GesLex. Man. RöThes. Add. 107 HoffmZA ii. 55 MeyEnst. J. 38 Persians; DlBaer Ezr 60 Scheft75 Parsua (in Media [see StreckZA xv.308 ff.]; yet see COTon the passage); Marquart64 (א)סָֽרְַיָּא secretaries (א dittograph of preceding); often identify. with following, so AndrM 53*.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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Ezra

4:9

H670

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Strong's Number H670 matches the Hebrew אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא ('ăp̄ārsāyē'),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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From Rehum[fn] the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues ​— ​the judges and magistrates[fn] from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa (that is, the people of Elam),[fn]

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