Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

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."



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