אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּןʼăchashdarpan

satraps (Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Daniel 3:27; Daniel 6:2; Daniel 6:3)

Pronunciation: akh-ash-dar-pan' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H324

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 3:2 Then he sent messages to the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to come to the dedication of the statue he had set up.
  • Daniel 3:3 So all these officials came and stood before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
  • Daniel 3:27 Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn’t even smell of smoke!
  • Daniel 6:1 Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.
  • Daniel 6:2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests.
  • Daniel 6:3 Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).