אֲפַרְסְכַיʼĂpharçᵉkay
: = (according to most) (Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6)
Pronunciation: af-ar-sek-ah'ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H671
Meanings
: proper name, plural [of a people]: so most hitherto, and still, (Persians), but many moderns think official title (Ezra 4:9)
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:9 They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).
- Ezra 5:6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor, Shethar-bozenai, and the other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River sent to King Darius:
- Ezra 6:6 So King Darius sent this message: “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates River—stay away from there!
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).