פָּרַס
Pâraç · paw-ras'
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Persia, Persians.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to support and uphold
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרַס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of persia22 · 79%
- and persia2 · 7%
- of the persians1 · 4%
- they of persia1 · 4%
- persia1 · 4%
- in persia1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.