H6540

פּרס 

Transliteration

Parac (Aramaic);

Pronunciation

paw-ras'

Parts of Speech

n pr terr/people

Root Word (Etymology)

corresponding to 6539

KJV Translation Count — 6x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Persians (4), Persia (2)

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'; (Aramaic) corresponding to 6539: — Persia, Persians.

Concordance Results Using KJV

Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of H6540.

KJV

And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of H6540.

KJV

PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and H6540.

KJV

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and H6540, which altereth not.

KJV

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and H6540, which altereth not.

KJV

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and H6540 is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

KJV

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