ΣΑΤΡΑΠΗΝ, σατραπην
SATRAPĒN, satrapēn
Sounds Like: sah-TRAH-peen
Translations: satrap, a satrap, governor, a governor
From the root: ΣΑΤΡΑΠΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: A satrap was a governor of a province in the ancient Persian empire, and later in the Hellenistic empires of Alexander the Great's successors. The term is often used to denote a powerful provincial ruler or viceroy. It is a compound word derived from Old Persian.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4520 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 13:330
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 14:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
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