Strong's Lexicon

H6539

H6539 — פָּרַס

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewParacName/l.Occurrences: 28TWOT: 1820

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6539
Word:	פָּרַס
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	of foreign origin
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	28
Transliteration:	Parac
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	paw-ras'
Meaning:	1. Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
KJV Renderings:	Persia, Persians.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6789

פָּרַס₂₈ proper name [of a territory] Persia, περσῶν (genitive), Dan 11:2 τῇ Περσίδι ( ᵐ5 and Θ), 2Chr 36:20 Μήδων (Old Persian Pârsa , Persian, Persia, Spieg^{APK
231}, New Persian [untranscribed source text 4325], [untranscribed source text 4326]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 4327]; — ׳ פ 2Chr 36:22 +, פָּרָ֑ס 2Chr 36:20 +; — in late literature, 2Chr 36:20, 2Chr 36:22, 22, 23 = Ezra 1:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 1:2; Dan 10:1 + 11 t. Ezra Daniel + (with מָדַי) Esth 1:3; Esth 1:14; Esth 1:18; Esth 1:19; Esth 10:2; Dan 8:20 ׳ פ Ezek 27:10; Ezek 38:5 is doubted by Toy (who, Ezek 27:10, reads כּוּשׁ, after Gr ), but Krae defends.

BDB9821

פָּרַס proper name [of a territory and people] Persia (as kingdom), Persians (see Biblical Hebrew id. ); — ׳ פ Dan 6:9; Dan 6:13; Dan 6:16 פָּרָ֑ס Dan 5:28; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 6:14.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke