אגבה בסטס
Grammatical information: noun m
Translation: executor, collector of debts, apparitor
Translation equivalent: ἐκβιβαστής(Post Classical Greek+)
Usage:
Domain: administration
Socio-cultural norm: cultural borrowing
Normativity: standard
Meaning type: lit.
Frequency: hapax legomenon
אגבה בסטס1 במדינה
1אגבה בסטס - Ox1: אגבבסמוס Ox2: אגבבסמוס
8,1 [I 55:3]
"the executor in his province”
Sperber 1984:31 suggests also ~Gr. ἐκβιαστής “exactor” (Sophocles 431b). Aquila in Dtn 16,18 renders έκβιβαστάς for שטרים but έκβιαστήν, ἐκβιαστής for שטר in Prov. 6,8. In our context the meaning executor ~ Gr. ἐκβιβαστής is however more suitable, cf. בייא
Bibliography:
Sperber 1984, 31-32.
Sperber 2012, 56.
How to cite: Art. אגבה בסטס in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/agba-bastes.html. 2024.
