ΠΕΡΣΩΝ, περσων
PERSŌN, persōn
Sounds Like: PER-sohn
Translations: of Persians, Persians
From the root: ΠΕΡΣΗΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the people of Persia, an ancient empire. It is used to denote origin or possession, often appearing in phrases like 'King of the Persians'.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4067 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:35
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 5:7
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:143
- Book 2 — 16:348
- Book 10 — 11:232, 11:247, 11:265, 11:272
- Book 11 — 1:17, 2:30, 3:31, 4:96, 4:102, 4:110, 4:114, 4:119, 5:144, 5:159, 6:184, 6:186, 6:192, 6:277, 7:300, 8:334, 8:335, 8:337
- Book 12 — 1:1, 2:45, 5:257
- Book 14 — 10:187
- Book 20 — 8:186, 10:233
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 36:22, 36:23
- Ezra (Alpha) — 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:10, 2:15, 2:25, 5:6, 5:68, 7:4, 8:1, 8:77
- Ezra (Beta) — 1:1, 1:2, 1:8, 3:7, 4:3, 4:5, 4:7, 4:24, 6:14, 7:1, 9:9
- Esther — 1:3, 1:14, 1:18, 1:19, 8:12, 10:2
- 1 Maccabees — 1:1
- 2 Maccabees — 1:33
- Isaiah — 21:2, 49:12
- Jeremiah — 32:11
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 6:8, 6:12, 8:20, 10:1, 10:13, 10:20
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:21, 6:12, 8:20, 10:1, 10:13, 10:20
From the same root
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