paras · Persia

What it means

paras (פָּרַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Persia”.

A great kingdom east of Babylon, and its people. It ruled the whole region after the Babylonians.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Persia

  Today: Iran

  An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.

  Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).

  Ezra 1:1Esther 1:3Daniel 10:12 Chronicles 36:22

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Chronicles×4
• Ezra×11
• Esther×5
• Ezekiel×2
• Daniel×6

• 2 Chronicles 36:20

  He carried into exile the remnant left from the sword to Babylon, and they became slaves to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to reign;

• 2 Chronicles 36:22

  In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of YHWH by the mouth of Jeremiah, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 36:23

  “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever among you is of all his people, may YHWH his Elohim be with him, and let him go up.’”

• Ezra 1:1

  And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of YHWH from the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, YHWH stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying:

• Ezra 1:2

  “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth YHWH, the Elohim of the heavens, has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

• Ezra 1:8

  Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar the chief of Judah.

• Ezra 3:7

  And they gave money to the stonecutters and to the craftsmen, and food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia for them.

• Ezra 4:3

  But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, “It is not for you and for us to build a house for our Elohim; but we alone will build for YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, as King Cyrus king of Persia commanded us.”

• Ezra 4:5

  and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, and until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

• Ezra 4:7

  And in the days of Artaxerxes Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic.

• Ezra 7:1

  And 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 are slaves, yet in our servitude our Elohim has not forsaken us, but he extended to us loyal love before the kings of Persia, to give us life, to raise up the house of our Elohim and to set up its ruins, and to give us a fence in Judah and in Jerusalem.

• Esther 1:3

  in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet for all his officials and his servants: the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and the officials of the provinces being before him,

• Esther 1:14

  and those closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the face of the king, who sat first in the kingdom):

• Esther 1:18

  And this day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter of the queen will say it to all the king’s officials; and there will be plenty of contempt and anger.

• Esther 1:19

  If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go out from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, and let it not pass away: that Vashti is not to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royalty to her companion who is better than she.

• Esther 10:2

  And all the deeds of his authority and of his might, and the sum of the greatness of Mordecai, with which the king made him great, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

• Ezekiel 27:10

  Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war; shield and helmet they hung in you; they gave your splendor.

• Ezekiel 38:5

  Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

• Daniel 8:20

  The ram that you saw having the two horns is the kings of Media and Persia.

• Daniel 10:1

  In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the word was truth, and a great conflict; and he understood the word and had understanding in the vision.

• Daniel 10:13

  But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was standing against me twenty-one days; and look, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I was left there beside the kings of Persia.

• Daniel 10:20

  And he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? And now I will return to fight against the prince of Persia; and I am going out, and look, the prince of Javan is coming.

• Daniel 11:2

  And now I will declare to you truth. Look, three more kings will stand up in Persia, and the fourth will gain great riches more than all; and when he is strong through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Javan.

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