King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6540
Transliteration: Paras
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras')
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Short Definition: a country in west Asia which conquered Bab
Meaning: Persians -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon
Word Summary
Paras: a country in west Asia which conquered Bab
Original Word: פָרַסTransliteration: Paras
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ras')
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Short Definition: a country in west Asia which conquered Bab
Meaning: Persians -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon
Strong's Concordance
Persia, Persians (Aramaic) corresponding to Parac -- Persia, Persians.
see HEBREW Parac
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6540. Paras
מָּרַס proper name, of a territory and people Persia (as kingdom), Persians (see Biblical Hebrew id.); — ׳פ Daniel 6:9; 6:13; 6:16; מָּרָ֑ס 5:28; Ezra 4:24; 6:14.