Strong's H6539: פָּרַס (Pâraç) Definition
- Strong's number
- H6539
- Lemma
- פָּרַס
- Transliteration
- Pâraç
- Pronunciation
- paw-ras'
- Strong's definition
- Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants Persia, Persians. of foreign origin;
Ezra 4:3 - said But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel unto them Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house God but we ourselves together unto them Ye have nothing to do with us to build unto the LORD God of Israel hath commanded as king Cyrus as king of Persia
Ezra 4:5 - And hired counsellors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia even until the reign of Darius king of Persia
Ezra 4:7 - And in the days of Artaxerxes was written Bishlam Mithredath Tabeel and the rest of their companions of Artaxerxes king of Persia and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue and interpreted in the Syrian tongue
Ezra 7:1 - Now after these things in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia Ezra the son of Seraiah the son of Azariah the son of Hilkiah
Ezra 9:9 - For we were bondmen us in our bondage hath not forsaken of our God but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia thereof and to give us a reviving to set up the house of our God and to repair the desolations thereof and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem