H6540 H6540
Persia / the Persians; the empire and people, especially in Daniel and Ezra alongside Media
The proper name Paras in its Aramaic occurrences, designating the Persian Empire and its people. In Daniel, Persia appears in the fateful writing on the wall — 'your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians' (Dan 5:28) — and in the compound legal phrase 'the law of the Medes and Persians' (Dan 6:8, 12, 15). In Ezra, it marks the Persian imperial authority under which the Temple was rebuilt (Ezra 4:24; 6:14). The name consistently evokes the second great empire of the biblical world-order sequence.
Senses
1. Persia / Persian(s) — The proper noun Paras (פָּרַס) denoting Persia or the Persians as a national and imperial entity. In Daniel it appears in the Belshazzar episode (Dan 5:28) and in the phrase 'law of the Medes and Persians' (Dan 6:8, 12, 15). In Ezra it identifies the Persian royal authority enabling the Temple's reconstruction (Ezra 4:24; 6:14). Spanish Persia and German Persien directly transliterate, while French Perse preserves the classical form. The name always carries political and imperial significance in its Aramaic context. 6×
AR["فارِس", "فَارِسَ", "وَ-الْفُرْسِ"]·ben["এবং-পারসীকদের", "এবং-পারসীকে", "পারস্যের"]·DE["Persien", "und-Persien"]·EN["Paras", "and-Paras"]·FR["Perse", "et-Perse"]·heb["ו-פרס", "פרס"]·HI["और-पारस", "और-पारस-की", "फारस-के"]·ID["Persia", "dan-Persia"]·IT["Persia", "e-Persia"]·jav["Persia", "lan-tiyang-Pèrsia"]·KO["그리고-바사-에게", "그리고-바사-의", "바사"]·PT["Paras", "e-Persia", "e-persas"]·RU["Параса", "и-Параса", "и-Парасу"]·ES["Paras", "Persia.", "y-Persia"]·SW["Uajemi", "na-Waajemi", "wa-Uajemi"]·TR["Medlerin", "Parsin", "ve-Perslere", "ve-Perslerin"]·urd["اور-فارسیوں-کو", "اور-فارسیوں-کی", "فارس-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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.