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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138749" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138749" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42059" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42059" /> == | ||
Ezra 8: | Ezra 8:36 Esther 3:12 Esther 8:9 Esther 9:3[[Judea]][[Satrap]] | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32486" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32486" /> == | ||
Esther 3: | Esther 3:12 8:9 9:3 Ezra 8:36 | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52388" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52388" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Lieutenant.]] </strong> See Satrap. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48561" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48561" /> == | ||
<p> (only in the plur. אֲחִשְׁדִּרְפְּנַים, achashdaspenin', from the Sanscrit ksatrapa,whence the | <p> (only in the plur. אֲחִשְׁדִּרְפְּנַים, ''achashdaspenin','' from the Sanscrit ''ksatrapa,whence'' the Greek ἐξατράπης, and finally σατράπης '','' a ''satrap,'' see ''Gotting. Gel. Anz.'' 1839, page 805; Lassen, ''Zeitschr. fü r d. Morgenl.'' 3:161; Bockh, Corpus Inscr. No. 2691, c) occurs in Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3; Ezra 8:38; so in the Chald. form (rendered "princes," Daniel 3:2-3; Daniel 3:27; Daniel 6:1-7) a satrap, i.e. governor or viceroy of the large provinces among the ancient Persians, possessing both civil and military power, and being in the provinces the representatives of the sovereign, whose state and splendor they also rivalled (see Brisson, De regio Pers. principatu, 1, § 168; Heeren, Ideen, 1:489 sq.). (See [[Satrap]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 23:09, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
(2): ( n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
(3): ( n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
(4): ( n.) An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
Ezra 8:36 Esther 3:12 Esther 8:9 Esther 9:3JudeaSatrap
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Esther 3:12 8:9 9:3 Ezra 8:36
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Lieutenant. See Satrap.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(only in the plur. אֲחִשְׁדִּרְפְּנַים, achashdaspenin', from the Sanscrit ksatrapa,whence the Greek ἐξατράπης, and finally σατράπης , a satrap, see Gotting. Gel. Anz. 1839, page 805; Lassen, Zeitschr. fü r d. Morgenl. 3:161; Bockh, Corpus Inscr. No. 2691, c) occurs in Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3; Ezra 8:38; so in the Chald. form (rendered "princes," Daniel 3:2-3; Daniel 3:27; Daniel 6:1-7) a satrap, i.e. governor or viceroy of the large provinces among the ancient Persians, possessing both civil and military power, and being in the provinces the representatives of the sovereign, whose state and splendor they also rivalled (see Brisson, De regio Pers. principatu, 1, § 168; Heeren, Ideen, 1:489 sq.). (See Satrap).
