Exactor

Exactor the rendering (Isa 60:17) of נֹגֵשׁ, noges', driver (task-master, Ex 3:7; Job 3:18; Isa 9:3; or simply driver of animals, Job 39:7); hence exactor of a debt (or tribute, Da 11:20; Zec 9:8); hence (in accordance with Oriental ideas and customs) a ruler, king, tyrant (Isaiah 3:12; 94:2; Zec 10:4): as the parallel term "prince" in the above passage of Isaiah shows to be, there the meaning.

Definition of exactor

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