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title: פָּרַס — Persia · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּרַס (6539), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: Persia. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. Persia. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּרַס

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«פָּרַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Persia** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 28 times · **Key:** 6539 · **BDB:** פָּרַס

### Glosses

of.Persia (23); Persia (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Persia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6539/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. Persia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6539/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 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.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּרַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6539/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 38:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.38.5/)

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פָּרַ֛ס כּ֥וּשׁ וּפ֖וּט אִתָּ֑ם כֻּלָּ֖ם מָגֵ֥ן וְכוֹבָֽע׃

*Word for word:* Persia Cush and Put \[will be\].with.them of.them all shield and helmet

*JPS 1917:* Persia, Cush, and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

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[Daniel 8:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.20/)

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הָאַ֥יִל אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֖יתָ בַּ֣עַל הַקְּרָנָ֑יִם מַלְכֵ֖י מָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃

*Word for word:* the ram which you.saw the.possessor of the.two.horns \[is\].the.kings of.Media and Persia

*JPS 1917:* The ram which thou sawest having the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.

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