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(Heb. with the art. [which the A.V. has mistaken for part of the name] ha- Achashtari', הָאֲחִשְׁתָּרַי, i.e. the Achastarite, prob. of foreign [? Persian] origin; according to Furst, an adj. from the word achastar, i.e. courier [compare: אֲחָשַׁתַּרָנַים, ", camels," Esther 8:10; Esther 8:14]; according to Gesenius, mule-driver; Sept. οΑ῾᾿σθηρά v.r. Ἀασθἠο, etc., Vulg. Ahasthari), the last mentioned of the four sons of Naarah, second of the two wives of Ashur, the founder of Tekoa, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:6). B.C. post 1618.