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Saturday, April 27th, 2024
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #670 - אֲפָרְסָי
Transliteration
ʼĂphârᵉçay
Phonetics
af-aw-re-sah'
Root Word (Etymology)
of foreign origin (only in the plural)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine plural noun (of Persian origin)
TWOT
2598
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Apharsite = “causers of division (?)”
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) secretaries
3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Ezra
1
NAS (1)
Ezra
1
HCS (1)
Ezra
1
BSB (1)
Ezra
1
ESV (1)
Ezra
1
WEB (1)
Ezra
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא (K§ 52,2 d)) proper name, plural of a people Ezra 4:9, ᵐ5 L Ἀφρασαῖοι, A Ἀφαρσαῖοι; Ges Lex. Man. Rö Thes. Add. 107 Hoffm ZA ii. 55 Mey Enst. J. 38 Persians; Dl Baer Ezra 60 Scheft75 Parsua (in Media [see Streck ZA xv.308 ff.]; yet v. COT on the passage); Marquart64 (א)סָֽרְַיָּא secretaries (א dittograph of preceding); often identify. with following, so Andr M 53*.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א אפרסיא ’ă·p̄ā·rə·sā·yê ’ăp̄ārəsāyê afaresaYe