Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe
Derivation: (Aramaic) or אֲפַרְסַתְכַי; (Aramaic), of foreign origin (only in the plural);
KJV Usage: Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.
TWOT Reference: 2599,2600
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא (a.phar.se.khay) — governors. 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)
אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא (a.phar.sat.te.khay) — govenors.
Aramaic of a.phar.se.khay (אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא "governors" H0671A) § 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא = אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא (acc. to most) base
אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא 4:9, n.pr.pl.gent., so most hitherto, and still (Persians), but many moderns think official title ref