H670: אֲפָרְסַי
ʼĂphârᵉçay · pronounced af-aw-re-sah'ee · “Persia”
Definition
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
KJV translates it as: Apharsite.
Word origin: (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural);
Extended definition
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)
(CLBL) an unknown office
(TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
Another spelling of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H670 is translated
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Bible verses with H670 (ʼĂphârᵉçay)
ʼăphârᵉçay appears in 1 verse.
- Ezra 4:9
Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,