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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H671
a.phar.se.khay — governors
Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)" Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)" 1) (CLBL) an unknown office 2) (BDB) perhaps an office or an official 3) (TWOT) 3a) a people 3b) perhaps a title of an official Also named: a.phar.sat.te.khay (אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא "govenors" H0671B)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A company of the colonists whom the Assyrian king planted in Samaria (Ezra 5:6; 6:6).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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