# פָּרַס (paras)

Israeli respelling: pa-ras. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6539. 24 Old Testament occurrences.

Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants

King James renderings: Persia, Persians.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/paras-h6539

## Occurrences

- [2 Chronicles 36:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/20) — 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 ki…
- [2 Chronicles 36:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/22) — 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 st…
- [2 Chronicles 36:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/36/23) — 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…
- [Ezra 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/1/1) — 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 t…
- [Ezra 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/1/2) — Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an…
- [Ezra 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/1/8) — Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of…
- [Ezra 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/3/7) — They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to brin…
- [Ezra 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/3) — But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an h…
- [Ezra 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/5) — And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king o…
- [Ezra 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/7) — And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the…
- [Ezra 7:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/7/1) — Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
- [Ezra 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/9) — For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia,…
- [Esther 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/3) — In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and prince…
- [Esther 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/14) — And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which s…
- [Esther 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/18) — Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus sha…
- [Esther 1:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/19) — If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that…
- [Esther 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/10/2) — And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they…
- [Ezekiel 27:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/27/10) — They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy com…
- [Ezekiel 38:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/38/5) — Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
- [Daniel 8:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/8/20) — The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
- [Daniel 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/1) — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but…
- [Daniel 10:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/13) — But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and…
- [Daniel 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/10/20) — Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth,…
- [Daniel 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/11/2) — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they al…