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# אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H323

**satraps** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

satraps [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/323/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים: n.m.pl. satraps [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/323/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m.pl. satraps (Pers. Khshatřapâvan, protectors of the realm, v. SpiegAPK 215 = ἐξατράπης, σατράπης, cf. Lag G. Abh. 68, 14; Sem. i. 42f, who rds אַחְשַׁדְרְפָן)—א׳ Est 8:9; 9:3; cstr. אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי 3:12 Ezr 8:36.

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: satraps (2); the satraps (2).

## In the verses

[Ezra 8:36](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.36/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.36/#tree)

וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ ׀ אֶת־דָּתֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּפַחֲו֖וֹת עֵ֣בֶר הַנָּהָ֑ר וְנִשְּׂא֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם וְאֶת־בֵּֽית־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.gave (et) the.decrees of the.king to the.satraps of the.king and the.governors of.the.other.side of the.River and they.supported (et) the people and (et) the.house of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River; and they furthered the people and the house of God.

[Esther 9:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.3/#tree)

וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֨י הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת וְהָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִ֣ים וְהַפַּח֗וֹת וְעֹשֵׂ֤י הַמְּלָאכָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מְנַשְּׂאִ֖ים אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֑ים כִּֽי־נָפַ֥ל פַּֽחַד־מָרְדֳּכַ֖י עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and all the.officials of the.provinces and the satraps and the governors and the.doers of the.work which \[belonged\].to the king \[were\].supporting (et) the Jews (dm) it.had.fallen the.dread of.Mordecai on them

*JPS 1917:* And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/323.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/323/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).