Persia Empire Name
Community Cluster · 10 senses · 10 lemmas
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פָּרַס28 n.pr.terr. Persia, Περσῶν (genit.), Dn 11:2 τῇ Περσίδι (𝔊 et Θ), 2 Ch 36:20 Μήδων (OPers. Pârsa, Persian, Persia, SpiegAPK 231, NPers. پَارْسِ, فَارْسِ; Arabic فَارِسُ );—פ׳ 2 Ch 36:22 +, פָּרָ֑ס v 20 +;—in late lit., 2 Ch 36:20, v 22(×2), 23 = Ezr 1:1(×2), 2; Dn 10:1 + 11 times Ezr Dn + (c. מָדַי) Est 1:3, 14, 18, 19; 10:2; Dn 8:20; פ׳ Ez 27:10; 38:5 is doubted by Toy (who, 27:10, reads כּוּשׁ, after Gr), but Krae defends.
† מָדַי n.pr.gent. et terr. Medes, Media (OPers. Mâda SpAPK, Assyrian Madai COTGloss, and on Gn 10:2 DlPar. 247);— 1. people, as ‘son’ of Japhet Gn 10:2 (P) = 1 Ch 1:5; as hostile power Is 13:17; 21:2; זֶרַע מָדַי Dn 9:1; land and people, מַלְכֵי מָדַי Je 25:25 (+ מַלְכֵי עֵילָם), 51:11, 28; מַלְכֵי מ׳ וּפָרַס Est 10:2; Dn 8:20; cf. פָּרַס וּמָדַי Est 1:3, 14, 18, 19; 𝔊 Μαδαι. 2. of land alone = Media 2 K 17:6; 18:11 (both עָרֵי מָדָ֑י).
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא n.pr.m. Artaxerxes (Pers. Artakhshatrâ, SpiegAPK 68, 207 𝔊 Ἀρταξερξης, cf. BeRy on Ezr 4:23; 7:1 f. Ne 1:1) א׳ Ezr 4:7 v. BD 102; אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא Ezr 4:7, 23, אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא Ezr 7:1, 11; 8:1 Ne 2:1; 5:14; 13:6; Artaxerxes I, or Longimanus, son & successor of Xerxes, regined b.c. 465–424.
† אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא n.pr.m. of king, Ezr 4:8, 11, 23; 6:14 = -שַׁסְתְּא 7:12, 21 (BH -שַׁשְׂתָּא; Egyptian Aramaic ארתחשסש RÉS 438, S-C B2+; v. also Andr M 54* Scheft i. 79);—Αρσαρθα, Α(ρ)σαθαθα, Αρθασαθα; 𝔊L Αρταξερξης.
† פָּרַס n.pr. terr. et gent. Persia (as kingdom), Persians (v. BH id.)—;פ׳ Dn 6:9, 13, 16; פָּרָ֑ס 5:28; Ezr 4:24; 6:14.
† מָדַי n.pr. gent. et terr. Medes, Media (BH id.);— 1. gent. Dn 5:28; 6:9, 13, 16. 2. terr. Ezr 6:2.
† פְּרֵס (read פְּרָס? M 78* f.) prob. n.[m.] halfmina (NH פְּרָס, Old Aramaic פרס, פרש Lzb 354 SAC 99 Cooke 176, 406; v. מְנֵא and reff.);—abs. פ׳ Dn 5:28; pl. (וּ)פַרְסִין [read פְּרָסִין? v. Ml.c.] v 25.
† [פַּרְסַי] adj. gent. Persian;—emph. פרסיא Kt, פְּרְסָאָה Qr (K§ 61, 6) Dn 6:29 the Persian.
1. Persian , 6th/5th c.BC, etc. 2. as Substantive, (.] (entry γῆ); Persis, Persia , now Farsistan , Refs 5th c.BC 3. (entry γυνή); a Persian woman , 5th/4th c.BC 4. (entry χλαῖνα); a Persian cloak , 5th/4th c.BC (Middle Liddel)
† פַּרְסִי adj.gent. Persian;—הַפּ׳ Ne 12:22.