Lexical Summary Paras: a country in west Asia which conquered Bab Original Word: פָרַסTransliteration: Paras Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras') Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: a country in west Asia which conquered Bab Meaning: Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon Strong's Concordance Persia, Persians Of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants -- Persia, Persians. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6539. Paras 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, SpiegAPK 231, New Persian , ; Arabic ; — ׳פ36:22 +, מָּרָ֑ס 36:20 +; — in late literature, 36:20, 36:22, 22, 23 = Ezra 1:1 (twice in verse); 1:2; Daniel 10:1 11t. Ezra Daniel + (with מָדַי) Esther 1:3, 14, 18, 19; 10:2; Daniel 8:20; ׳פ Ezekiel 27:10; 38:5 is doubted by Toy (who, 27:10, reads כּוּשׁ, after Gr), but Krae defends. |
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