1. Persia (proper noun) — The proper noun Paras, referring to the ancient Persian Empire and its territory, used throughout the post-exilic biblical books (Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Daniel, 2 Chronicles). S128622 covers bare and conjunctive nominal forms ('Persia', 'and Persia') while S128624 adds the directional/dative preposition lamed ('for Persia', 'to Persia'). All translations confirm a single referent: eng 'Persia/Paras', spa 'Persia', hin फारस, arb فَارِسَ, kor 바사, swa 'Uajemi'. The prepositional prefix does not create a new sense. 28×
AR["فارِس","فَارِسَ","فَارِسُ"]·ben["পারস্য","পারস্যের"]·DE["Persien"]·EN["Paras","Paras-","Persia"]·FR["Perse"]·heb["פרס"]·HI["पारस","फ़ारस","फ़ारस-का","फ़ारस-के","फ़ारसियों","फारस-का","फारस-के"]·ID["Persia","Persia,"]·IT["Persia"]·jav["Persia","Pèrsia","Pèrsia-","katulis","ratu"]·KO["바사","바사와","바사와-","바사의","페르시아와"]·PT["Paras","Paras-"]·RU["Параса","Парса","Персии","Персия"]·ES["Paras","Persia","Persia.","de-Persia","de-Persia:"]·SW["Uajemi","la-Uajemi","na-Umedi","paּras","wa-Uajemi","za-Uajemi"]·TR["Parsin","Pers","Pers'in","Pers-"]·urd["فارس","فارس-کا","فارس-کی","فارس-کے"]
2 Chr 36:20, 2 Chr 36:22, 2 Chr 36:22, 2 Chr 36:23, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:2, Ezra 1:8, Ezra 3:7, Ezra 4:3, Ezra 4:5, Ezra 4:5 (+16 more)
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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.