Strong's Hebrew #671 - אֲפַרְסְכַי Apharckay (official)

Apharsachites, Apharasthchites

(Aramaic) or fapharcathkay (Aramaic) {af-ar-sath-kah'ee}; of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apharsekite or Apharsathkite, an unknown Assyrian tribe -- Apharsachites, Apharasthchites.

Apharsathchites = “I will divide the deceivers (?)”
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) perhaps an office or an official
3) (TWOT)
3a) a people
3b) perhaps a title of an official
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine plural; Persian
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign origin
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2599, 2600

אֲפָֽרְסְכָיֵא Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:6

אֲפָֽרְסַתְּכָיֵא Ezra 4:9, proper name, plural of a people, so most hitherto, and still Mey^{Enst. J. 38 ff.} (Persians), but many moderns think official title (Hoffm^{ZA ii. 54} Marquart⁶⁴ Jen^{ThLZ, 1895, 509 Ency. Bib.:190 f.}; plausible explanations are: Andr^{M 53*} = Assyrian šuparša‡ (see Muss-Arn^{Assyrian Dict. 1098} š¹q¥ 3, general, Id^{AJSL xx (1904), 186 ff.}); Scheft⁷⁶ = Old Iranian aparasaraka, lesser ruler; Id^{MGWJ 47 (1903),315f.} explained תְּכָיֵא- as Old Persian *aparaθrãka, lesser governor).

Strong's Hebrew: 671. אֲפַרְסְכָיֵא (Apharckay) — 3 Occurrences

Ezra 4:9
HEB: כְּנָוָתְה֑וֹן דִּ֠ינָיֵא וַאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵ֞א טַרְפְּלָיֵ֣א אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א
NAS: the judges and the lesser governors, the officials,
KJV: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites,
INT: of their colleagues the judges and the lesser the officials the secretaries

Ezra 5:6
HEB: בּוֹזְנַי֙ וּכְנָ֣וָתֵ֔הּ אֲפַ֨רְסְכָיֵ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר
NAS: and his colleagues the officials, who
KJV: and his companions the Apharsachites, which [were] on this side
INT: and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials who were beyond

Ezra 6:6
HEB: בּוֹזְנַי֙ וּכְנָוָ֣תְה֔וֹן אֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר
NAS: and your colleagues, the officials of [the provinces] beyond
KJV: and your companions the Apharsachites, which [are] beyond
INT: Shethar-bozenai and your colleagues the officials of beyond