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What Does “Courtiers” Mean in the Bible?

Office or title

People who lived in the king’s palace and served him.

Where it appears in the Bible

Genesis 12:15; Esther 6:3

What the Bible says

Genesis 12:15

And the princes told Pharao, and praised her before him: and the woman was taken into the house of Pharao.

Esther 6:3

And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardochai received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to him: He hath received no reward at all.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Dictionary.com, “courtier”

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