Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H671: אֲפַרְסְכַי

ʼĂpharçᵉkay · pronounced af-ar-sek-ah'ee · “governors”

Definition

an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe

KJV translates it as: Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.

Word origin: (Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural);

Extended definition

Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)" Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)"
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) perhaps an office or an official
3) (TWOT)
3a) a people
3b) perhaps a title of an official
Also named: a.phar.sat.te.khay (אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא "govenors" H0671B)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H671 is translated

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Bible verses with H671 (ʼĂpharçᵉkay)

ʼăpharçᵉkay appears in 3 verses.

  • Ezra 4:9

    Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

  • Ezra 5:6

    The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

  • Ezra 6:6

    Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: