H671

אפרסכיא

ahparasakayaah

Proper masculine plural noun (of Persian origin) · Of foreign origin

(Aramaic) or אפרסתכי ʼĂpharçathkay; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe:—Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.

Outline

Apharsachites = "as causers of division (?)"
Apharsathchites = "I will divide the deceivers (?)"

(CLBL) an unknown office
(BDB) perhaps an office or an official
(TWOT)

a people
perhaps a title of an official

Usages

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,

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Ezra 5:6

¶ The copy of the letter that Tatnai 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:

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Ezra 6:6

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

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