Postexilic group involved in a protest to Artaxerxes about the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple (Ezr 4:9, kjv). The name is evidently an Aramaic title for “judge” (rsv); such judges are mentioned in fifth-century BC Aramaic administrative papyri.
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From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.