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(Heb. Marsena', îִøְñְðָà , according to Benfey, the Sanscrit smarsha, noble, with the Zend ending na, man; Sept. ÌáñóåíÜ , but most copies omit; Vulg. Marsana), one of the seven Medo-Persian satraps or viziers of Xerxes (Est_1:14). B.C. 483. Josephus understands that they had the office of interpreters of the laws (Ant. 11:6, 1).