ʼăchashdarpan — H324

Definition

masculine noun

a satrap or governorof amain province (of Persia)

1. satrap, a governor of a Persian province

Usually translated as

prince

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H323

• ʼăchashdarpan (H323)

Occurrences

ʼăchashdarpan occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (9)

• Daniel 3:2 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes (לַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֡א), the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:3 — Then the princes (אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֡א), the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
• Daniel 3:27 — And the princes (אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֞א), governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
• Daniel 6:1 — It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes (לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א), which should be over the whole kingdom;
• Daniel 6:2 — And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes (אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֣א) might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
• Daniel 6:3 — Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes (וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א), because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
• Daniel 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes (וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א) sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
• Daniel 6:6 — Then these presidents and princes (וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙) assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
• Daniel 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes (וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙), the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.