The meaning of Scribes in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to designate the holder of some military office (Judg. 5:14; A.V., "pen of the writer;" RSV, "the marshal's staff;" marg., "the staff of the scribe"). The scribes acted as secretaries of state, whose business it was to prepare and issue decrees in the name of the king (II Samuel 8:17; 20:25; I Chronicles 18:16; 24:6; I Kings 4:3; 2Kings 12:9-11; 18:18-37, etc.). They discharged various other important public duties as men of high authority and influence in the affairs of state.
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Scribes {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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