Quick Definition
Persia
Strong's Definition
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
Derivation: (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural);
KJV Usage: Apharsite.
TWOT Reference: 2598
Outline of Biblical Usage
Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) secretaries
3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Persia or Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"
(CLBL) an unknown office
(TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
Another spelling of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפָרְסַי (Aramaic)
ăphâresay
BDB Definition:
Apharsite = causers of division (?)
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) secretaries
3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine plural; Persian
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of foreign origin (only in the plural)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2598
Total KJV Occurrences: 1