פּרס
pâras
paw-ras'
(Chaldee); corresponding to H6539
KJV Usage: Persia, Persians.
פּרס
pâras
paw-ras'
(Chaldee); corresponding to H6539
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
פּרס
Persia = "pure" or "splendid"
1. the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
a. Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"
2. the people of the Persian empire
Origin: corresponding to H6539
TWOT: None
Parts of Speech: Proper Name
- פָּרַס
- pa.ras
- N:N--L / N:N--LG
- Persian
- Persia = "pure" or "splendid"
1) the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south
1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania
Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"
2) the people of the Persian empire