Lieutenant
Lieutenant
(only in the plur. , achashdaspenin’, from the Sanscrit ksatrapa,whence the Greek , and finally , a satrap, see Gotting. Gel. Anz. 1839, page 805; Lassen, Zeitschr. fr d. Morgenl. 3:161; Bockh, Corpus Inscr. No. 2691, c) occurs in Est 3:12; Est 8:9; Est 9:3; Ezra 8:38; so in the Chald. form (rendered “princes,” Dan 3:2-3; Dan 3:27; Dan 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.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Lieutenant
(only in A.V. Esther 3:12; 8:9; 9:3; Ezra 8:36), a governor or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power. Correctly rendered in the Revised Version “satrap.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Lieutenant
LIEUTENANT.See Satrap.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Lieutenant
lu-tenant, lef-tenant. See SATRAPS.