ʼĂphârᵉçay — H670

Definition

masculine plural proper noun

an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria

1. Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"
2. (CLBL) an unknown office
3. (BDB) secretaries
4. (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official

Usually translated as

Apharsite

Origin

(Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural)

Occurrences

ʼĂphârᵉçay occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1)

• 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 (אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א), the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,