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DEPUTY.—1. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of Est_8:9; Est_9:3 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘governor’) as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of pechâh. See Governor. 2. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] of Act_13:7-8; Act_13:12; Act_18:12; Act_19:38 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘proconsul’) as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Gr. anthupatos. See Proconsul. 3. RV [Note: Revised Version.] of Jer_51:23; Jer_51:28 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘ruler’), Dan_3:2-3; Dan_6:7 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘governor’) as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of sâgân or its Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] equivalent. The term denotes in these passages a superior official or prefect of the Babylonian Empire. It is applied elsewhere (Ezr_9:2, Neh_2:16; Neh_4:14; Neh_4:19 etc.) to petty officials in Judah (EV [Note: English Version.] ‘rulers,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘deputies’). 4. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] of 1Ki_22:47 as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of nizzâb (lit. ‘one set up or appointed’), used of the vassal-king of Edom.