Strong's Concordance
Original word: אֲפָרְסָיֵא
Transliteration: apharesaye
Definition (short): secretaries
Definition (full): an Apherasite
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: (Aramaic) of foreign origin
Definition: official
NASB Translation: secretaries (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
(Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural); an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria -- Apharsite.
References
KJV:
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
NASB:
then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,