DEPUTY . 1. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘governor’) as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of pechâh . See Governor. 2. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of Acts 13:7-8; Acts 13:12; Acts 18:12; Acts 19:38 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘proconsul’) as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Gr. anthupatos . See Proconsul. 3. RV [Note: Revised Version.] of Jeremiah 51:23; Jeremiah 51:28 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘ruler’), Daniel 3:2-3; Daniel 6:7 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘governor’) as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of sâgân or its Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] equivalent. The term denotes in these passages a superior official or prefect of the Babylonian Empire. It is applied elsewhere ( Ezra 9:2 , Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:14; Nehemiah 4:19 etc.) to petty officials in Judah (EV [Note: English Version.] ‘rulers,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘deputies’). 4. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] of 1 Kings 22:47 as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of nizzâb (lit. ‘one set up or appointed’), used of the vassal-king of Edom.