President. (Chaldaic, sarac or Chaldaic, sareca, only used Dan_6:1. The Chaldee equivalent for Hebrew, shter, probably from sara, Zend. a "head"). A high officer in the Persian court, a chief, a president, used of the three highest ministers.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
prez?i-dent (סרך, ṣārakh): Used only in Dan_6:2-7. Probably a Persian derivative from sar, ?head,? and the Aramaic equivalent for Hebrew shōṭēr. The meaning is self-evident and refers to the appointment of Daniel by Darius to be one of the three princes who had rule over the satraps of the empire.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
President
(סָרִךְ, sarák, or סָרְכָ, sareka; Sept. τακτικός; Vulg. princeps), only used in Daniel 6; the Chaldee equivalent for Hebrew shotêr, probably from Sara, Zend. a head (see Strabo, 11:331). Σαραπάρας -κεφαλοτόμος is connected with the Sanskrit siras or çiras, and is traced in Sargon and other words (Eichhoff, Vergl. Spr. p. 129, 415; see Her. 3, 89, where he calls satrap a Persian word). Smith. SEE GOVERNOR.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.