Difference between revisions of "Apharsites"

<p> (Chald. Apharsaye', '''''אֲפִרְסָיֵא''''' ; Sept. '''''Ἀφαρσαῖοι''''' ) '','' the name of a tribe removed along with the [[Apharsachites]] (q.v.) to Samaria by the king of Assyria, and forming one of the opponents of the [[Jews]] after the captivity (&nbsp;Ezra 4:9). Hiller ( ''Onomnast.'' ) regards them as the ''Parrhasii,'' a tribe of Eastern Media, and [[Gesenius]] ( ''Thes. Heb.'' p. 143) thinks they are the ''Persians,'' to whose name theirs certainly bears a much greater affinity, especially in the prolonged form of the latter found in Daniel 6:29 (Chald. ''Parsaya', '''''פִּרְסָיָא''''' '' ). The presence of the proper name of the [[Persians]] in &nbsp;Ezra 1:1; &nbsp;Ezra 4:3, must throw some doubt. upon Gesenius' conjecture; but it is very possible that the ''Local'' name of the tribe may have undergone alteration, while the official and general name was correctly given. </p>

<p> ''''' a ''''' - ''''' far´sı̄ts ''''' ( אפרסיא , <i> ''''' 'ăphārṣāyē' ''''' </i> ): A tribe transferred to Samaria by Asnappar of [[Assyria]] (&nbsp;Ezra 4:9 ). Rawlinson identifies them with the [[Apharsachites]] (which see), taking Apharsites to be an accidental repetition of the same word. He understands "the Persians" to be meant in both cases. Others identify them with a [[Median]] tribe mentioned in the inscriptions of [[Sennacherib]] as dwellers in the district of Parsua. </p>