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Lexicon :: Strong's H6540 - pāras

Aa
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.
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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 BoxEzr 4:24 -

Then H116 work H5673 on the house H1005 of God H426 in Jerusalem H3390 was discontinued H989, and it was stopped H989 until H5704 the second H8648 year H8140 of the reign H4437 of Darius H1868 king H4430 of Persia H6540.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the elders H7868 of the Jews H3062 [fn]were successful H6744 in building H1124 through the prophecy H5017 of Haggai H2292 the prophet H5029 and Zechariah H2148 the son H1247 of Iddo H5714. And [fn]they finished H3635 building H1124 following H4481 the command H2942 of the God H426 of Israel H3479 and the decree H2942 of Cyrus H3567, Darius H1868, and Artaxerxes H783 king H4430 of Persia H6540.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - “‘[fn]PERĒS H6537’—your kingdom H4437 has been H6537 divided H6537 and given H3052 to the Medes H4076 and [fn]Persians H6540.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - “Now H3705, O king H4430, establish H6966 the injunction H633 and sign H7560 the document H3792 so H1768 that H1768 it will not be changed H8133, according to the law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540, which H1768 [fn]may not be revoked H5709.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then H116 they approached H7127 and spoke H560 before H6925 the king H4430 about H5922 the king’s H4430 injunction H633: “Did you not sign H7560 an injunction H633 that any H3606 person H606 who H1768 offers H1156 a H1156 prayer H1156 to any H3606 god H426 or person H606 besides H3861 H4481 you, O king H4430, for thirty H8533 days H3118, is to be thrown H7412 into the lions’ H744 den H1358?” The king H4430 replied H6032, “The statement H4406 is true H3330, according to the law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540, which H1768 [fn]may not be revoked H5709.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then H116 these H479 men H1400 came H7284 [fn]by H7284 agreement H7284 to the king H4430 and said H560 to the king H4430, “Recognize H3046, O king H4430, that it is a law H1882 of the Medes H4076 and Persians H6540 that no H3606 H3809 injunction H633 or statute H7010 which H1768 the king H4430 establishes H6966 may be changed H8133.”
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