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Strong's #670 - אֲפָרְסָי

Transliteration
ʼĂphârᵉçay
Phonetics
af-aw-re-sah'
Origin
of foreign origin (only in the plural)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine plural noun (of Persian origin)
TWOT
2598
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"
  2. (CLBL) an unknown office
  3. (BDB) secretaries
  4. (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Ezra 1
BSB (1)
Ezra 1
CSB (1)
Ezra 1
ESV (1)
Ezra 1
KJV (1)
Ezra 1
LEB (1)
Ezra 1
LSB (1)
Ezra 1
N95 (1)
Ezra 1
NAS (1)
Ezra 1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
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. 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*.


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List of Word Forms
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א אפרסיא ’ă·p̄ā·rə·sā·yê ’ăp̄ārəsāyê afaresaYe
 
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