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SATRAPS.—RV [Note: Revised Version.] tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of ’ãchashdarpĕ îm, Ezr_8:35, Est_3:12; Est_8:9; Est_9:3 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] lieutenants), Dan_3:2-3; Dan_3:27; Dan_6:1 ff. (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] princes). The term stands for the Pers. khshatrapâvan (= ‘protectors of the realm’). The satrap was the governor of a whole province, and be held the position of a vassal king. His power, however, was checked by the presence of a royal scribe, whose duty it was to report to the ‘great king’ on the administration of the province.