Lexical Definition

‎אֲפָרְסַי‎ ʼĂphârᵉçay (af-aw-re-sah'ee) Persia ^N:N--LG
(Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural)

Apharsite.

• § Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"
• an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria

1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) secretaries
3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official

Extended Information

spelling of: פָּרַס

• Persia or Apharsite = "causers of division "
• (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
• Another spelling of pa.ras (‎פ‎ָּ‎ר‎ַ‎ס‎ "Persia" פָּרַס)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא‎ (K^{§ 52, 2 d})) proper name, plural of a people Ezra 4:9, ᵐ5^L Ἀφρασαῖοι, A Ἀφαρσαῖοι; Ges^{Lex. Man.} Rö^{Thes. Add. 107} Hoffm^{ZA ii. 55} Mey^{Enst. J. 38} Persians; Dl^{Baer Ezr lx} 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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