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Satraps
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sa'-traps ((khshathrapavan) protectors of the realm)
RELATED: Lieutenants |
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
sa'-traps, sat'-raps ('achashdarpenim, Ezra 8:36 ; Esther
3:12 ; 8:9 ; 9:3 , the King James Version "lieutenants"; Daniel 3:2 , 3 , 27 ;
6:1, the King James Version "princes"):
The viceroys or vassal rulers to whom was entrusted the government of the provinces
in the Persian empire. The word answers to the Old Persian khshathrapavan, "protectors
of the realm."

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