Exactors

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

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

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

Source of the article

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915