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Persia names 2 things on this site
- Persia, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Persia, MannaFest, a featured study.A featured study on this subject, with its Scripture, its sources and its figures.
Featured studies
1 resultVerses
33 results- VerseEzekiel 38:5Persia, Cush, and Put will accompany them, all with shields and helmets,
- VerseDaniel 8:20The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.
- VerseEzra 4:5They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- VerseDaniel 6:28So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- VerseEzra 7:1Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
People
2 results- PersonEstherHadassah, the orphan exile who became queen of Persia and, at the risk of "if I perish, I perish," stood between her people and Haman's decree — providence working where God's…
- PersonDarius IPersian king whose second year dates Haggai's and Zechariah's oracles (Hag 1:1; Zech 1:1) and whose decree confirmed Cyrus's authorization, letting the temple be finished in…
Places
1 resultWords (Strong's)
- WordH6539 פָּרַס · Pâraç (Hebrew)Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants. The Hebrew word stands 28 times in the original text.
- WordH6542 פַּרְסִי · Parçîy (Hebrew)a Parsite (i.e. Persian), or inhabitant of Peres. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH6543 פַּרְסִי · Parçîy (Hebrew){a Parsite (i.e. Persian), or inhabitant of Peres}. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordH6540 פָּרַס · Pâraç (Hebrew){Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants}. The Hebrew word stands 6 times in the original text.
- WordH325 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ · ʼĂchashvêrôwsh (Hebrew)Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king. The Hebrew word stands 31 times in the original text.
Topics
1 resultProphecies
3 results- ProphecyGreece Conquers PersiaA king from the west (Greece) would rapidly conquer the Medo-Persian Empire.
- ProphecyThe Medo-Persian Dual EmpireDaniel described the Medo-Persian Empire as a ram with two horns, one higher than the other, with the higher arising last—and predicted its expansion westward, northward, and…
- ProphecyFour World EmpiresFour successive world empires would rule: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome.
Apologetics
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5 results- VoiceAphrahat the Persian SageAphrahat lived and wrote in the Persian Empire, outside Roman territory, in the first half of the fourth century. He wrote in Syriac. He seems never to have read a word of…
- VoiceCosmas IndicopleustesCosmas was an Alexandrian merchant who spent his working life at sea. He sailed the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, traded along the coast of East Africa, and went inland into…
- VoiceIsaac of NinevehIsaac was born in Beth Qatraye, the Christian region along the western shore of the Persian Gulf, in what is now Qatar. He became a monk young. Around 676 the East Syriac…
- VoiceArchelaus of CarrhaeIn the third century a Persian prophet named Mani announced a new religion. It taught two eternal powers, light and darkness, locked in a war that had produced the world; it…
- VoicePhiloxenus of MabbugPhiloxenus was born about 440 at Tahal, in the Persian province of Beth Garmai, east of the Tigris — outside the Roman empire altogether. His Syriac name was Aksenaya…
Apocrypha (study resources)
36 results- Study resource2 Maccabees 9:1About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia
- Study resourceBel and the Dragon 1:1And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom.
- Study resourceJudith 16:10The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.
- Study resource1 Esdras 2:11Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
- Study resource1 Maccabees 6:5Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia, that the armies, which went against the land of Judea, were put to flight:
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H6539פָּרַס Pâraç — Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitantsH6542פַּרְסִי Parçîy — a Parsite (i.e. Persian), or inhabitant of PeresH6543פַּרְסִי Parçîy — {a Parsite (i.e. Persian), or inhabitant of Peres}H6540פָּרַס Pâraç — {Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants}H325אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ʼĂchashvêrôwsh — Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian kingH2001הָמָן Hâmân — Haman, a Persian vizier