Strong's Concordance
Original word: פָּרָס
Transliteration: Paras
Definition (short): Persia
Definition (full): Persia -- a country in west Asia which conquered Babylon
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: of foreign origin
Definition: a country in W. Asia which conquered Bab.
NASB Translation: Persia (28).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Of foreign origin; Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants -- Persia, Persians.
References
KJV:
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
NASB:
Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,
KJV:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
NASB:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia-- in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah-- the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
KJV:
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
NASB:
"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!'"
KJV:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
NASB:
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: