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Daniel 8:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H352 The ram האיל

H834 which אשׁר

H7200 thou sawest ראית

H1167 having בעל

H7161 two horns הקרנים

H4428 are the kings מלכי

H4074 of Media מדי

H6539 and Persia ופרס׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H352 ram

H834 which

thou

H7200 sawest

H1167 having

two

H7161 horns

are

the

H4428 kings

H4074 Media

and

H6539 Persia

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H6539

Hebrew: פָּרַס

Transliteration: Pâraç

Pronunciation: paw-ras'

Part of Speech: Proper Name

Bible Usage: {Persia} Persians.

Definition:

Paras (that {is} {Persia }) an Eastern {country} including its inhabitants

Persia = "pure" or "splendid"

1. the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south

a. Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"

2. the people of the Persian empire

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906