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OSHB Ezra 4:7 פָּרָס (pārāş) Strongs=6539 Lemma=‘פָּרַס’
contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun
Location=Persia Year=-522

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Other uses (7) of identical word form פָּרָס (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘פָּרָס’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) is always and only glossed as ‘of_Persia’.

2 CHR 36:20 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB 2 CHR 36:20 word 14

OET-LV: 20 and_he _took _into _exile the_remainder from the_drought//sword/knife to Bāⱱel and_they _became to_him/it and_for_his _of_sons (into)_slaves until reigned the _kingdom _of Pāraş. (CH2_36:20)

OET-RV: 20 Anyone else who was still alive was taken to Babylon where they became servants to the king and his children, until the time when the Persians came to power. (CH2 36:20)

EZRA 4:3 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB EZRA 4:3 word 27

OET-LV: 3 And_he/it _said to/for_them Zərubāⱱel and_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) and_the _rest _of the _heads _of the _fathers of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not to/for_you(pl) and_for_us to_build a _house for_our _of_god if/because we together we _will _build_it to/for_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) just_as he_commanded _us the_king Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) the _king _of Pāraş. (EZR_4:3)

OET-RV: 3 But Zerubavel, and Yeshua, and the rest of the Israelis clan leaders said to them, “It’s not for you and for us to build a house for our god, but we ourselves together will build for Yisrael’s god Yahweh, just as the Persian King Koresh (Cyrus) has commanded us.” (EZR 4:3)

EZRA 4:5 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB EZRA 4:5 word 15

OET-LV: 5 And_they_were_hiring on_them counsellors to_frustrate purpose _of_their all _of the _days _of Kōresh the _king _of Pāraş and_unto the _reign _of Dārəyāvesh the _king _of Pāraş. (EZR_4:5)

OET-RV: 5 They’d also hired influencers to work against them throughout the reigns of the Persian kings Koresh (Cyrus) and Dareyavesh (Darius). (EZR 4:5)

EZRA 4:24 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB EZRA 4:24 word 16

OET-LV: 24 in_then the _work _of it _ceased of _the _house _of the_god which is_in_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and_it _was ceasing until year _of two of_(the)_reign of _Dārəyāvesh the _king _of Pāraş. (EZR_4:24)

OET-RV: 24 So there was a period when the rebuilding of the temple in Yerushalem stopped, and it remained paused until the second year of King Dareyavesh’s reign in Persia. (EZR 4:24)

EZRA 6:14 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB EZRA 6:14 word 22

OET-LV: 14 And_the _elders _of the _Yəhūdī/(Jews) were_building and_prospering by_the _prophesying _of Ḩaggay the_prophet and_Zəkar^yāh the _son _of ˊIddō and_they _built and_they _finished according _to the _decree _of the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_according_to _the _decree _of Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) and_Dārəyāvesh and_ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the _king _of Pāraş. (EZR_6:14)

OET-RV: 14 So the Jewish elders continued building, and they were encouraged by the prophesying of the prophet Haggai and Iddo’s son Zekaryah. As a result of the decrees of the Persian kings Koresh, and Dareyavesh and Artahshasta, they were able to fulfil God’s decree to rebuild the temple. (EZR 6:14)

EZRA 7:1 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB EZRA 7:1 word 7

OET-LV: 7 and_after the_things the_these in_the _reign _of ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the _king _of Pāraş ˊEzrāʼ the _son _of Sərā^yāh the _son _of ˊAzar^yāh the _son _of Ḩilqiy^yāh. (EZR_7:1)

OET-RV: 7 Many years later in the reign of Persian King Artahshasta (Artaxerxes), Ezra (son of Serayah, son of Azaryah, son of Hilkiyyah, (EZR 7:1)

DAN 10:20 contextual word gloss=‘of_Persia’ word gloss=‘Pāraş’ OSHB DAN 10:20 word 11

OET-LV: 20 And_he/it _said do_you _know to/for_what have _I _come to_you and_now I _will _return to_engage _in _battle with the _prince _of Pāraş and_I am_about _to _go _forth and_see/lo/see the _prince _of Yāvān/(Greece) he _will _come. (DAN_10:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then he asked, “Do you know why I’ve come to you? But now I will return to fight against the protector of Persia. When I go out, the protector of Yavan (Greece) will come. (DAN 10:20)