achashdarpan · satrap

What it means

achashdarpan (אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “satrap”.

(Aramaic; a word of Persian origin): a governor of a province of the empire.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Governors of the great provinces of the Persian empire.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Daniel 3:2

  And King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

• Daniel 3:3

  Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the authorities of the provinces were gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they were standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

• Daniel 3:27

  And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors and the advisers of the king were gathered and were seeing these men, that the fire had not had power over their bodies, and the hair of their head was not singed, and their cloaks had not changed, and the smell of fire had not passed on them.

• Daniel 6:1

  It seemed good to Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who would be throughout the kingdom,

• Daniel 6:2

  and over them three supervisors, of whom Daniel was one, so that these satraps might give them account, and the king might not suffer loss.

• Daniel 6:3

  Then this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the supervisors and the satraps, because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.

• Daniel 6:4

  Then the supervisors and the satraps were seeking to find a pretext against Daniel in regard to the kingdom; but they could find no pretext or fault, because he was faithful, and no negligence or fault was found in him.

• Daniel 6:6

  Then these supervisors and satraps came thronging to the king and said this to him: “King Darius, live forever!

• Daniel 6:7

  All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.