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Lexicon :: Strong's H6539 - pāras

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פָּרַס
Transliteration
pāras
Pronunciation
paw-ras'
Part of Speech
proper noun with reference to territory and people
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1820

Strong’s Definitions

פָּרַס Pâraç, paw-ras'; of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants:—Persia, Persians.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H6539 in the following manner: Persia (27x), Persian (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H6539 in the following manner: Persia (27x), Persian (1x).

  1. Persia = "pure" or "splendid"

    1. the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south

      1. Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"

    2. the people of the Persian empire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פָּרַס Pâraç, paw-ras'; of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants:—Persia, Persians.
STRONGS H6539: Abbreviations
פָּרַס28 proper name, of a territory Persia, περσῶν (genitive), Daniel 11:2 τῇ Περσίδι ( and Θ), 2 Chronicles 36:20 Μήδων (Old Persian Pârsa, Persian, Persia, SpiegAPK 231, New Persian , ; Arabic ; — פ׳ 2 Chronicles 36:22 +, פָּרָ֑ס 2 Chronicles 36:20 +; — in late literature, 2 Chronicles 36:20, 2 Chronicles 36:22, 22, 23 = Ezra 1:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 1:2; Daniel 10:1 + 11 times Ezra Daniel + (with מָדַי) Esther 1:3, 14, 18, 19; Esther 10:2; Daniel 8:20; פ׳ Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 38:5 is doubted by Toy (who, Ezekiel 27:10, reads כּוּשׁ, after Gr), but Krae defends.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6540.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

36:20; 36:20; 36:20; 36:22; 36:22; 36:22; 36:23

Ezra

1:1; 1:2

Esther

1:3; 1:14; 1:18; 1:19; 10:2

Ezekiel

27:10; 27:10; 38:5

Daniel

8:20; 10:1; 11:2

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