◄ H6539 ►
פּרס
Transliteration
Parac;
Pronunciation
paw-ras'
Parts of Speech
n pr terr/people
Root Word (Etymology)
of foreign origin
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1820
KJV Translation Count — 28x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Persia (27), Persian (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
ersia = "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
a. 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
Parac, paw-ras'; of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants: — Persia, Persians.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of H6539:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of H6539, 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 H6539, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Thus saith Cyrus king of H6539, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an 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.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of H6539, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of H6539, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Thus saith Cyrus king of H6539, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Even those did Cyrus king of H6539 bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto 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 H6539.
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of H6539 hath commanded us.
And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of H6539, even until the reign of Darius king of H6539.
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of H6539; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.