Brown-Driver-Briggs אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6 #NAME? אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא Ezra 4:9, proper name, plural of a people, so most hitherto, and still MeyEnst. J. 38 ff. (Persians), but many moderns think official title (HoffmZA ii. 54 Marquart64 JenThLZ, 1895, 509 Ency. Bib.:190 f.; plausible explanations are: AndrM 53* = Assyrian šuparša‡ (see Muss-ArnAssyrian Dict. 1098 š¹q¥ 3, general, IdAJSL xx (1904), 186 ff.); Scheft76 = Old Iranian aparasaraka, lesser ruler; IdMGWJ 47 (1903),315f. explained תְּכָיֵא- as Old Persian *aparaθrãka, lesser governor). Forms and Transliterations אֲפַ֨רְסְכָיֵ֔א אֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א אפרסכיא וַאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵ֞א ואפרסתכיא ’ă·p̄ar·sə·ḵā·yê ’ăp̄arsəḵāyê aFarsechaYe vaafarsatchaYe wa’ăp̄arsaṯḵāyê wa·’ă·p̄ar·saṯ·ḵā·yêLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |