# פָּרַס (paras)

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

Strong’s H6540. 6 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-h6540

## Occurrences

- [Ezra 4:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/24) — Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- [Ezra 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/6/14) — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And the…
- [Daniel 5:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/5/28) — PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
- [Daniel 6:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/6/8) — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which alte…
- [Daniel 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/6/12) — Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a…
- [Daniel 6:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/6/15) — Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor…