Parac <06539>
orp Parac
| Pronunciation: | paw-ras' |
| Origin: | of foreign origin |
| Reference: | TWOT - 1820 |
| PrtSpch: | noun proper territory/people |
| In Hebrew: | orp 25, orpw 2, orpl 1 |
| In NET: | Persia 27, Persian 1 |
| In AV: | Persia 27, Persian 1 |
| Count: | 28 |
| Definition: | 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 of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants:-Persia, Persians. |
| Variations in Bible: | Persia (NET, NIV) Persian (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, TEV) Persians (NET, NIV, NRSV) |
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