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Lexicon :: Strong's H6539 - pāras

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פָּרַס
Transliteration
pāras
Pronunciation
paw-ras'
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Part of Speech
proper noun with reference to territory and people
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
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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 (Greek Version of the LXX and Θ), 2 Chronicles 36:20 Μήδων (Old Persian Pârsa, Persian, Persia, SpiegAPK 231, New Persian bdb082801, bdb082802; Arabic bdb082803; — 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H6539

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6539 matches the Hebrew פָּרַס (pāras),
which occurs 28 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - Those H7611 who had escaped H7611 from the sword H2719 he carried H1540 away H1540 to Babylon; H894 and they were servants H5650 to him and to his sons H1121 until H5704 the rule H4427 of the kingdom H4438 of Persia, H6539

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 - Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom, H4438 and also H1571 put it in writing, H4385 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “Thus H3541 says H559 Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 ‘The LORD, H3068 the God H430 of heaven, H8064 has given H5414 me all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth, H776 and He has appointed H6485 me to build H1129 Him a house H1004 in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 is in Judah. H3063 Whoever H4310 there is among you of all H3605 His people, H5971 may the LORD H3068 his God H430 be with him, and let him go H5927 up!’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah, H3414 the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout all H3605 his kingdom, H4438 and also H1571 put it in writing, H4385 saying: H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 - “Thus H3541 says H559 Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 ‘The LORD, H3068 the God H430 of heaven, H8064 has given H5414 me all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 and He has appointed H6485 me to build H1129 Him a house H1004 in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 is in Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:8 - and Cyrus, H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 had them brought H3318 out by the hand H3027 of Mithredath H4990 the treasurer, H1489 and he counted H5608 them out to Sheshbazzar, H8339 the prince H5387 of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave H5414 money H3701 to the masons H2672 and carpenters, H2796 and food, H3978 drink H4960 and oil H8081 to the Sidonians H6722 and to the Tyrians, H6876 to bring H935 cedar H730 wood H6086 from Lebanon H3844 to the sea H3220 at Joppa, H3305 according to the permission H7558 they had [fn]from Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel H2216 and Jeshua H3091 and the rest H7605 of the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households of Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “You have nothing H3808 in common with us in building H1129 a house H1004 to our God; H430 but we ourselves H587 will together H3162 build H1129 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 as King H4428 Cyrus, H3566 the king H4428 of Persia H6539 has commanded H6680 us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired H7936 counselors H3289 against H5921 them to frustrate H6565 their counsel H6098 all H3605 the days H3117 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 even until H5704 the reign H4438 of Darius H1867 king H4428 of Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:7 - And in the days H3117 of [fn]Artaxerxes, H783 Bishlam, H1312 Mithredath, H4990 Tabeel H2870 and the rest H7605 of his colleagues H3674 wrote H3789 to Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia; H6539 and the [fn]text H3791 of the letter H5406 was written H3789 in Aramaic H762 and translated H8638 from Aramaic. H762

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 - Now after H310 these H428 things, H1697 in the reign H4438 of Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 there went up Ezra H5830 son H1121 of Seraiah, H8304 son H1121 of Azariah, H5838 son H1121 of Hilkiah, H2518

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - “For we are slaves; H5650 yet in our bondage H5659 our God H430 has not forsaken H5800 us, but has extended H5186 lovingkindness H2617 to us in the sight H6440 of the kings H4428 of Persia, H6539 to give H5414 us reviving H4241 to raise H7311 up the house H1004 of our God, H430 to restore H5975 its ruins H2723 and to give H5414 us a wall H1447 in Judah H3063 and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third H7969 year H8141 of his reign H4427 he gave H6213 a banquet H4960 for all H3605 his princes H8269 and attendants, H5650 the army H2428 officers of Persia H6539 and Media, H4074 the nobles H6579 and the princes H8269 of his provinces H4082 being in his presence. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - and were close H7138 to him: Carshena, H3771 Shethar, H8369 Admatha, H133 Tarshish, H8659 Meres, H4825 Marsena H4826 and Memucan, H4462 the seven H7651 princes H8269 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who [fn]had access H7200 to the king’s H4428 presence H6440 and sat H3427 in the first H7223 place in the kingdom H4438—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - “This H2088 day H3117 the ladies H8282 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 who H834 have heard H8085 of the queen’s H4436 conduct H1697 will speak H559 in the same way to all H3605 the king’s H4428 princes, H8269 and there will be plenty H1767 of contempt H963 and anger. H7110

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king, H4428 let a royal H4438 [fn]edict H1697 be issued H3318 by him and let it be written H3789 in the laws H1881 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 so that it cannot H3808 [fn]be repealed, H5674 that Vashti H2060 may no H3808 longer come H935 into the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal H4438 position H4438 to [fn]another H7468 who is more H4480 worthy H2896 than H4480 she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And all H3605 the [fn]accomplishments H4639 of his authority H8633 and strength, H1369 and the full H6575 account H6575 of the greatness H1420 of Mordecai H4782 to which H834 the king H4428 [fn]advanced H1431 him, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Media H4074 and Persia? H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:10 - “Persia H6539 and Lud H3865 and Put H6316 were in your army, H2428 your men H376 of war. H4421 They hung H8518 shield H4043 and helmet H3553 in you; they set H5414 forth your splendor. H1926

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia, H6539 [fn]Ethiopia H3568 and Put H6316 with them, all H3605 of them with shield H4043 and helmet; H3553

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - “The ram H352 which H834 you saw H7200 with the two horns H7161 represents the kings H4428 of Media H4074 and Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third H7969 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 a [fn]message H1697 was revealed H1540 to Daniel, H1840 who H834 was named H7121 H8034 Belteshazzar; H1095 and the [fn]message H1697 was true H571 and one of great H1419 [fn]conflict, H6635 but he understood H995 the [fn]message H1697 and had an understanding H998 of the vision. H4758

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - “But the prince H8269 of the kingdom H4438 of Persia H6539 was [fn]withstanding H5975 me for twenty-one H6242 H259 days; H3117 then behold, H2009 Michael, H4317 one H259 of the chief H7223 princes, H8269 came H935 to help H5826 me, for I had been left H3498 there H8033 with the kings H4428 of Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:20 - Then he said, H559 “Do you [fn]understand H3045 why H4100 I came H935 to you? But I shall now H6258 return H7725 to fight H3898 against H5973 the [fn]prince H8269 of Persia; H6539 so I am going H3318 forth, H3318 and behold, H2009 the [fn]prince H8269 of [fn]Greece H3120 is about to come. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “And now H6258 I will tell H5046 you the truth. H571 Behold, H2009 three H7969 more H5750 kings H4428 are going to arise H5975 [fn]in Persia. H6539 Then a fourth H7243 will gain H6238 far H1419 more H1419 riches H6239 than H4480 all H3605 of them; as soon as he becomes strong H2393 through his riches, H6239 [fn]he will arouse H5782 the whole H3605 empire against the realm H4438 of [fn]Greece. H3120
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