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Bible Encyclopedias
Deputy
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or stands in our version as a translation of two Heb. and one Greek term.
1. This rendering occurs in 1 Kings 22:47, of the נַצָּב, nitstsab' (literally set over), or praefect, apparently constituted a sheik by common consent of the Edomitish clans prior to royalty. See DUKE. It is also spoken of the "officers" or chiefs of the commissariat appointed by Solomon (1 Kings 4:5, etc.) (See PURVEYOR).
2. The same rendering occurs in Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3, of the פֶּחָה, pechah' (pehhah, a Sanscrit term, whence the modern pasha), or Persian prosfect on this side the Euphrates; applied also to the "governors" of inferior rank in the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Median empires, and even to the governor of Jerusalem. (See GOVERNOR).
3. Proconsul (ἀνθύπατος ) was the proper title of the governor of a Roman province when appointed by the senate. (See PROVINCE). Several such are mentioned in the Acts, viz. Sergius Paulus in Cyprus (8:7, 8, 12), Gallio in Achaia (18:12), and the chief officer of Achaia, whose court is indefinitely referred to in ch. 19:38, by the use of the plural (see Smith's Dict. of Class. Antiq. s.v. Proconsul). (See PROCONSUL).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Deputy'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/deputy.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
