- Original: פּרס - Transliteration: Parac - Phonetic: paw-ras' - Definition: 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 - Origin: of foreign origin - TWOT entry: 1820 - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name - Strong's: Of foreign origin; Paras (that is Persia) an Eastern country including its inhabitants: - Persia Persians. Total KJV Occurrences: 28 • Persia, 27 2 Chronicles 36:20; 2 Chronicles 36:22(2); 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1(2); Ezra 1:2; Ezra 1:8; Ezra 3:7; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 4:5(2); Ezra 4:7; Ezra 7:1; Ezra 9:9; Esther 1:3; Esther 1:14; Esther 1:18; Esther 10:2; Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 38:5; Daniel 8:20; Daniel 10:1; Daniel 10:13(2); Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:2 • Persians, 1 Esther 1:19