אֲפָרְסַי

Strong’s Definition

an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria

Etymology & Derivation

(Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural);

KJV Usage

Apharsite.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a group of people (perhaps persians) who were brought into samaria
• 2.perhaps secretaries

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼĂphârᵉçay; Pronunciation: af-aw-re-sah'ee