SATRAPS

sa'-traps, sat'-raps ('achashdarpenim, Ezra 8:36 Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:3, the King James Version "lieutenants"; Daniel 3:2, 3, 27; Daniel 6:1;, the King James Version "princes"): The viceroys or vassal rulers to whom was entrusted the government of the provinces in the Persian empire. The word answers to the Old Persian khshathrapavan, "protectors of the realm."