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• Text:EBD:Tirshatha
  ...of Persian origin, meaning "severity," denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor of Judea is so called (Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70). Nehemiah is call
  345 bytes (47 words) - 20:23, 17 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Haman
  ...in), magnificent, the name of the vizier (i.e., the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1, etc.). He is called an "Agagite," which seems t
  548 bytes (92 words) - 15:08, 12 November 2008
• Nestorianism
  ...n the Persian empire. All in all, Nestorianism benefited Christians in the Persian Empire who were with the Church of East.
  1 KB (186 words) - 16:37, 21 August 2023
• Text:EBD:Dram
  ...n of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire. (See DARIC.)
  511 bytes (79 words) - 15:25, 4 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Daric
  ...rent among the Jews after their return from Babylon, i.e., while under the Persian domination. It weighed about 128 grains troy, and was of the value of about
  630 bytes (108 words) - 14:44, 3 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Harbona
  (a Persian word meaning "ass-driver"), one of the seven eunuchs or chamberlains of kin
  164 bytes (20 words) - 13:29, 19 October 2008
• Text:EBD:Tabeel
  A Persian governor of Samaria, who joined others in the attempt to prevent the rebuil
  161 bytes (22 words) - 18:41, 17 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Presidents
  ...as the first (Dan. 6:2-7). The name in the original is sarkhin, probably a Persian word meaning perfects or ministers.
  213 bytes (31 words) - 06:57, 9 October 2008
• Text:EBD:Chancellor
  ...judicial authority, literally, a "lord of judgement;" a title given to the Persian governor of Samaria (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17).
  180 bytes (24 words) - 19:41, 1 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Sephar
  ...nt Himyaritic capital, "Shaphar," Zaphar, on the Indian Ocean, between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.
  208 bytes (29 words) - 13:09, 28 October 2008
• Text:EBD:Shethar-boznai
  Star of splendour, a Persian officer who vainly attempted to hinder the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 5
  167 bytes (21 words) - 14:31, 17 November 2008
• KJV:Nehemiah 12:22
  ...ecorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
  159 bytes (28 words) - 12:31, 26 August 2008
• WEB:Daniel 6:28
  ...his Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
  87 bytes (17 words) - 21:28, 17 August 2008
• KJV:Daniel 6:28
  ...his Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
  87 bytes (17 words) - 23:37, 24 August 2008
• KJV:Esther 16:10
  ...Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadatha, being indeed a stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our goodness, and as a stranger received of us,
  161 bytes (29 words) - 04:40, 12 August 2008
• WEB:Esther 13:10
  ...man, a Macedonian, the son of Hammedatha, being indeed a stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our goodness and as a stranger received of us,
  164 bytes (29 words) - 02:27, 18 August 2008
• WEB:Nehemiah 12:22
  ...e heads of fathers' [houses]; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
  183 bytes (32 words) - 16:52, 19 August 2008
• Text:EBD:Persia
  ...iginally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia, on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. They were Aryans, their language belonging to the eastern division of
  1 KB (166 words) - 07:37, 16 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Dehavites
  ...Asnapper sent to repopulate Samaria (Ezra 4:9). They were probably a nomad Persian tribe on the east of the Caspian Sea, and near the Sea of Azof.
  237 bytes (37 words) - 15:09, 3 November 2008
• Text:EBD:Melzar
  Probably a Persian word meaning master of wine, i.e., chief butler; the title of an officer at
  227 bytes (36 words) - 17:56, 14 November 2008

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