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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 Box 2Ch 36:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:8 - Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and provisions, and drink, and oil, to them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - And hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:7 - And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions to Artaxerxes king of Persia, and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian language, and interpreted in the Syrian language.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 - Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were bond-men; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations of it, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - In the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - And the next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat the first in the kingdom;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:18 - Likewise will the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king's princes, who have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus will there arise too much contempt and wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it pleaseth the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:2 - And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:10 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thy army, thy military men: they hung the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:5 - Persia, Cush, and Phut with them; all of them with shield and helmet:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:20 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:20 - Then said he, Knowest thou for what cause I come to thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
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