Strong's Concordance
Original word: סָרְכִין
Transliteration: sarak
Definition (short): commissioners
Definition (full): chief, overseer
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: (Aramaic) probably of foreign origin
Definition: chief, overseer
NASB Translation: commissioners (5).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
(Aramaic) of foreign origin; an emir -- president.
References
KJV:
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
NASB:
and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss.
KJV:
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
NASB:
Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king planned to appoint him over the entire kingdom.
KJV:
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
NASB:
Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
KJV:
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
NASB:
Then these commissioners and satraps came by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: "King Darius, live forever!
KJV:
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
NASB:
"All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions' den.