H323 - אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (ʼăchashdarpan)

H323 אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (ʼăchashdarpan) akh-ash-dar-pan'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

satrap

Strong's Definition

a satrap or governorof amain province (of Persia)

Derivation: of Persian derivation;

KJV Usage: lieutenant.

TWOT Reference: 69

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) satrap, a governor of a Persian province

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4755

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

satrap, a governor of a Persian province Aramaic equivalent: a.chash.dar.pan (אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִין "satrap" H0324)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן ăchashdarpan BDB Definition: 1) satrap, a governor of a Persian province Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of Persian derivation Same Word by TWOT Number: 69 Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

8:36

3:12 8:9 9:3

Ezra 8:36

They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.

Esther 3:12

On the thirteenth... day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman... commanded the royal... satraps, the governors of each province...,... and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

Esther 8:9

At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third [day]... of the third... month the month of Sivan they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127...... provinces from India to Cush [writing] to each province... in its own script,... to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Esther 9:3

And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators... helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.