פָּרַס
pāras
Persia
Strong's H6539Proper NounHebrewTWOT 1820

פָּרַס (pāras) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning Persia. It appears 28 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6539).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1820)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1820)Persia; Paras; Persians
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פָּרַס proper name of a territory: Persia

Strong's H6539 פָּרַס: Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
KJV:Persia, Persians.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

2 Chronicles 36:20Ezra 1:1Esther 1:3

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