Lexicon :: Strong's H6540 - pāras

פָּרַס

Transliteration

pāras

Pronunciation

paw-ras'

Part of Speech

proper noun with reference to territory and people

Root Word (Etymology)

Corresponding to פָּרַס (H6539)

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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Ezra

4:24; 6:14

Daniel

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Ezr 4:24

Ezr 4:24 - Then^H116 ceased^H989 the work^H5673 of the house^H1005 of God^H426 which is at Jerusalem.^H3390 So it ceased^H1934^H989 unto^H5705 the second^H8648 year^H8140 of the reign^H4437 of Darius^H1868 king^H4430 of Persia.^H6540

Ezr 6:14

Ezr 6:14 - And the elders^H7868 of the Jews^H3062 builded,^H1124 and they prospered^H6744 through the prophesying^H5017 of Haggai^H2292 the prophet^H5029 and Zechariah^H2148 the son^H1247 of Iddo.^H5714 And they builded,^H1124 and finished^H3635 it, according^H4481 to the commandment^H2941 of the God^H426 of Israel,^H3479 and according to the commandment^H2942 of Cyrus,^H3567 and Darius,^H1868 and Artaxerxes^H783 king^H4430 of Persia.^H6540

Dan 5:28

Dan 5:28 - PERES;^H6537 Thy kingdom^H4437 is divided,^H6537 and given^H3052 to the Medes^H4076 and Persians.^H6540

Dan 6:8

Dan 6:8 - Now,^H3705 O king,^H4430 establish^H6966 the decree,^H633 and sign^H7560 the writing,^H3792 that it be not^H3809 changed,^H8133 according to the law^H1882 of the Medes^H4076 and Persians,^H6540 which altereth^H5709 not.^H3809

Dan 6:12

Dan 6:12 - Then^H116 they came near,^H7127 and spake^H560 before^H6925 the king^H4430 concerning^H5922 the king's^H4430 decree;^H633 Hast thou not^H3809 signed^H7560 a decree,^H633 that every^H3606 man^H606 that shall ask^H1156 a petition of^H4481 any^H3606 God^H426 or man^H606 within^H5705 thirty^H8533 days,^H3118 save^H3861 of thee,^H4481 O king,^H4430 shall be cast^H7412 into the den^H1358 of lions?^H744 The king^H4430 answered^H6032 and said,^H560 The thing^H4406 is true,^H3330 according to the law^H1882 of the Medes^H4076 and Persians,^H6540 which altereth^H5709 not.^H3809

Dan 6:15

Dan 6:15 - Then^H116 these^H479 men^H1400 assembled^H7284 unto^H5922 the king,^H4430 and said^H560 unto the king,^H4430 Know,^H3046 O king,^H4430 that the law^H1882 of the Medes^H4076 and Persians^H6540 is, That no^H3606 decree^H633 nor statute^H7010 which the king^H4430 establisheth^H6966 may be changed.^H8133

Lexicon :: Strong's H6540 - pāras

פָּרַס

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