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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EXACTORS

eg-zak'-ters (noghesayikh (Isaiah 60:17, the Revised Version, margin "taskmasters"; compare Exodus 1:11; Exodus 3:7)):

Righteousness personified is in Zion to take the place of the officials who oppress the people. In Isaiah 14:4 the American Revised Version, margin, Babylon is called an "exactress of gold."

Library

A Song of Zion Redeemed
... I will also make thy officers peace, And thine exactors righteousness; Violence
shall no more be heard in thy land, Desolation nor destruction within thy ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/ix a song of zion.htm

They who Give from Evil.
... Besides having obtained an opportunity for the exactors, thy enemy for the present
is the people; thou consecrated, hast become wicked for reward. ...
/.../commodianus/the instructions of commodianus/lxv they who give from evil.htm

Matt. xv. 1
... Which was a twofold charge against them, in that they both invented novelties, and
were so strict exactors on their own account, while of God they made no ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily li matt xv 1.htm

Apollonius.
... who called Peruga and Tymius, small towns of Phrygia, Jerusalem, because he wished
to collect thither people from all parts; who set up exactors of money; who ...
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The Hard-Heartedness of the Jews, for whom the Christians Pray.
... evil, according to the works of his hands, shall befall him. O my people, your exactors
glean you, and those who extort from you shall rule over you. ...
/.../chapter cxxxiii the hard-heartedness of the.htm

Non-Resistants.
... in which there is no distinction of rank, or division of caste, or inequality of
sex; the officers of which are PEACE, its exactors RIGHTEOUSNESS, its walls ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/non-resistants.htm

Sapor King of Persia is Excited against the Christians. Symeon ...
... He entrusted the exaction to cruel men, hoping that, by the want of necessaries,
and the atrocity of the exactors, they might be compelled to abjure their ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter ix sapor king of persia.htm

To Constantius the Prefect.
... In the time of Isidorus [1683] of glorious memory, fifteen thousand acres were taxed
in gold, but the exactors of the Comitian assessment, unable to bear the ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/xlii to constantius the prefect.htm

Epistle Xli. To Constantina Augusta.
... But the island of Corsica is oppressed by such an excessive number of exactors and
such a burden of exactions, that those who are in it are hardly able to make ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xli to constantina augusta.htm

Of the Clause: "Forgive us Our Debts, Etc. "
... in regard to those things which are done to God's detriment, however great the crimes
may be, but to be found most hard and inexorable exactors of debts to ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxii of the clause .htm

Thesaurus

Exactors (8 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia EXACTORS. eg-zak'-ters (noghesayikh ... of gold.".
Multi-Version Concordance Exactors (8 Occurrences). Exodus 3 ...
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Authorities (44 Occurrences)
... injure; (YLT). Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors
among the people and its authorities, saying, (YLT). Exodus 5 ...
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Exactor (9 Occurrences)

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Ruled (84 Occurrences)
... gone for ever. (BBE). Isaiah 3:12 My people -- its exactors 'are' sucklings,
And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists ...
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Inherited (23 Occurrences)
... inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants,
And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors...
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Inspection (23 Occurrences)
... the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone
iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness. ...
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Eulogists (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Eulogists (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 3:12 My people --
its exactors 'are' sucklings, And women have ruled over it. ...
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Exactress (1 Occurrence)

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Magistrates (18 Occurrences)
... brass, and for stones iron. I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors
righteousness. (See JPS). Daniel 3:2 and Nebuchadnezzar ...
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Captors (9 Occurrences)
... inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants,
And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors...
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Bible Concordance

Exactors (8 Occurrences)

Exodus 3:7 And Jehovah saith, 'I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who 'are' in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;
(YLT)

Exodus 5:6 And Pharaoh commandeth, on that day, the exactors among the people and its authorities, saying,
(YLT)

Exodus 5:10 And the exactors of the people, and its authorities, go out, and speak unto the people, saying, 'Thus said Pharaoh, I do not give you straw,
(YLT)

Exodus 5:13 and the exactors are making haste, saying, 'Complete your works, the matter of a day in its day, as when there is straw.'
(YLT)

Exodus 5:14 And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, 'Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?'
(YLT)

Isaiah 3:12 My people -- its exactors 'are' sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.
(YLT)

Isaiah 14:2 And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.
(YLT)

Isaiah 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Exactors

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Authorities (44 Occurrences)

Exactor (9 Occurrences)

Ruled (84 Occurrences)

Inherited (23 Occurrences)

Inspection (23 Occurrences)

Eulogists (2 Occurrences)

Exactress (1 Occurrence)

Magistrates (18 Occurrences)

Captors (9 Occurrences)