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Lexicon :: Strong's H6540 - 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)
Corresponding to פָּרַס (H6539)
Strong’s Definitions

פָּרַס Pâraç, paw-ras'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H6539:—Persia, Persians.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H6540 in the following manner: Persians (4x), Persia (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H6540 in the following manner: Persians (4x), Persia (2x).

  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'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H6539:—Persia, Persians.
STRONGS H6540: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

פָּרַס proper name, of a territory and people Persia (as kingdom), Persians (see Biblical Hebrew H6539 id.); — פ׳ Daniel 6:9; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 6:16; פָּרָ֑ס Daniel 5:28; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 6:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:24; 6:14

Daniel

5:28; 6:9; 6:13; 6:16

H6540

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6540 matches the Hebrew פָּרַס (pāras),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - then ceased the service of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and it ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - and the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - Divided -- Divided is thy kingdom, and it hath been given to the Medes and Persians.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: 'Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, 'The thing is certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then these men have assembled near the king, and are saying to the king, 'know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is: That any interdict and statute that the king doth establish is not to be changed.'
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