Lexical Definition

‎אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן‎ ʼăchashdarpan (akh-ash-dar-pan') satrap ^H:N-M
of Persian derivation

lieutenant.

• a satrap or governorof amain province (of Persia)

1) satrap, a governor of a Persian province

See Greek: στρατηγός

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: a.chash.dar.pan (‎א‎ֲ‎ח‎ַ‎ש‎ְׁ‎ד‎ַּ‎ר‎ְ‎פ‎ְּ‎נ‎ִ‎ין‎ "satrap" אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים‎ noun masculine plural satraps (Persian Khshatrapâvan, protectors of the realm, see Spieg^{APK 215} = ἐξατράπης, σατράπης, compare Lag^{G. Abh. 68, 14: Semitic i. 42 f}, who reads ‎אַחְשַׁדְרְפָן‎) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Esth 8:9; Esth 9:3 construct ‎אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי‎ Esth 3:11; Ezra 8:36.

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