Word

אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן

ʼăchashdarpan · H324 · Aramaic · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

governor, satrap

Person in charge of part of the Babylonian and Persian empires

Examples
Daniel 3:2 Nebuchadnezzar the king also sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the chief treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the administrators of the provinces to come to the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel 3:3 Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the chief treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the administrators of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 3 groups

אִלֵּיןthe 2
הָוָאto be 1
מְאָהhundred 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

הָוָאto be 2
כָּנַשׁgather together 1
רְגַשׁassemble 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against 2
לto/for 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

שַׂר sar · H8269 · commander, chief, captain: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (ʼăchashdarpan, H324) is a Persian loanword denoting a specific administrative rank (satrap or prince), while שַׂר (sar, H8269) is a broad native Hebrew term for officials, leaders and princes; they overlap in the sense of prince and official, though שַׂר (sar, H8269) has the broader range.
סָגָן çâgân · H5461 · prefect, official: אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן (ʼăchashdarpan, H324) denotes a prince in administrative/imperial contexts (9×), while סָגָן (çâgân, H5461) is a broader term for prince or ruler used across various official roles (17×).

Semantic domains 2 entries

Leaders001001003005: Daniel 3:2 recounts that “Nebuchadnezzar the king also sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the chief treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the administrators of the provinces.”
Officials001001003007: Daniel 6:7 recounts that “all the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute.”

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּן ʼăchashdarpan · H323 · governor, satrap · 4×אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפַּןʼăchashdarpan · H324

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H324. achashdarpenin [אֲחַשְׁדַּרְמְּנִרן] noun masculine plural satraps (Biblical Hebrew…

H324. achashdarpenin
[אֲחַשְׁדַּרְמְּנִרן] noun masculine plural satraps (Biblical Hebrew נִים-; compare M52*); — emphatic נַיָּא- Dan 3:2-3, Dan 3:27; Dan 6:2; Dan 6:3; Dan 6:4; Dan 6:5; Dan 6:7; Dan 6:8.
אִילָן see אול.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0