EXACTORS

eg-zak'-ters (noghesayikh (Isaiah 60:17, the Revised Version, margin "taskmasters"; compare Exodus 1:11; 3:7)): Righteousness personified is in Zion to take the place of the officials who oppress the people. In Isaiah 14:4 the American Revised Version, margin, Babylon is called an "exactress of gold."

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.