Lexicon Paras: a country in W. Asia which conquered Bab. Original Word: פָּרָסPart of Speech: Proper Name Transliteration: Paras Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras') Short Definition: Persia NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definitiona country in W. Asia which conquered Bab. NASB TranslationPersia (28).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מָּרַס28 proper name, of a territory Persia, περσῶν (genitive), Daniel 11:2 τῇ Περσίδι ( ᵐ5 and Θ), 2 Chronicles 36:20 Μήδων (Old Persian Pârsa, Persian, Persia, Spieg APK 231, New Persian  ,  ; Arabic  ; — ׳פ2Chronicles 36:22 +, מָּרָ֑ס 2 Chronicles 36:20 +; — in late literature, 2 Chronicles 36:20, 2 Chronicles 36:22, 22, 23 = Ezra 1:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 1:2; Daniel 10:1 11t. Ezra Daniel + (with מָדַי) Esther 1:3,14,18,19; Esther 10:2; Daniel 8:20; ׳פ Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 38:5 is doubted by Toy (who, Ezekiel 27:10, reads כּוּשׁ, after Gr), but Krae defends. Strong's Persia, Persians Of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants -- Persia, Persians. |
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