Tatnai — Gift, a Persian governor (Heb. pehah, i.e., satrap; modern pasha ) on this side the river , i.e., of the whole tract on the west of the Euphrates. This Hebrew title pehah is given to governors of provinces generally. It is given to Nehemiah (5 … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Tirshatha — A word probably of Persian origin, meaning severity, denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is called by this name in Neh. 8:9; 10:1, and the governor (pehah) in 5:18.… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
SATRAP — (Heb. pl. אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים; Aram. אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא; Old Persian xšaçapāvan, protector of the province ; Greek σατράπης), an official title during the Persian Empire of varying meaning. According to Herodotus (3:89–94) and contemporary… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pégase — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pégase (homonymie). Bellérophon chevauchant Pégase d après Mary Hamilton Frye, 1914. Pégase (en grec ancien … Wikipédia en Français
РЕНАН — PEHAH (Renan) Жозеф Эрнест (род. 27 февр. 1823, Трегье, Бретань – ум. 2 окт. 1892, Париж) – франц. ориенталист и философ, профессор в Коллеж де Франс, позитивист с идеалистическим уклоном. Подчеркивал относительный характер познания и считал… … Философская энциклопедия
Governor — 1) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27), keeper of the… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
CHIEFTAIN — The prevalent term for leader in the pre monarchic tribal society of Israel was nasiʾ (Heb.נָשִׂיא). The same term is applied to the leaders of the Midianites (Num. 25:18; Josh. 13:21) and Ishmaelites (Gen. 17:20; 25:16), who, like the early… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EXILE, BABYLONIAN — EXILE, BABYLONIAN, exiles of Judah to Babylonia, sixth–fifth centuries B.C.E. Although Babylonia was not the only destination of former Judahites, it was the Babylonian deportees and their descendants whose perspectives inform the Hebrew Bible.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TATTENAI — (Aram. תַּתְּנַי; I Esd. 6:3, 7, 26, Sisinnes), governor (peḥah) of the territory known as Beyond The River (eber nahara in Aramaic; Coele Syria and Phoenicia in I Esd.) under Darius I. Tattenai was subordinate, at least at first, to Ushtannu… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
