Persian (4 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. 5. (n.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a. Int. ...PERSIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (ANCIENT). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persian.htm - 45k

Tirshatha (5 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A word probably of Persian origin, meaning "severity," denoting a high civil dignity. The Persian governor ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tirshatha.htm - 10k

Shetharboznai (4 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Star of splendour, a Persian officer who vainly attempted to hinder the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 5:3, 6; 6:6, 13). Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shetharboznai.htm - 9k

Shethar-boznai (4 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Star of splendour, a Persian officer who vainly attempted to hinder the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 5:3, 6; 6:6, 13). Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shethar-boznai.htm - 9k

Macedonia (23 Occurrences)

... maintain their position they entered into a good understanding from time to time with the states of Greece or acknowledged temporarily Persian suzerainty, and ... biblethesaurus.org/m/macedonia.htm - 40k

Cambyses

... CAMBYSES. kam-bi'-sez (Aram., cnbnzy; Persian, Kambujiya; Assyrian, Kambuzia; Egyptian, Kambythet; Susian, Kanpuziya): The older son of Cyrus, king of Persia. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cambyses.htm - 12k

Persians (6 Occurrences)

...Persian Parsa, name of both country and people; does not occur in Avesta): I. AFFINITY 1. Three Classes 2. Tribal and Clan Divisions 3. Achemenian Dynasty II. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persians.htm - 20k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)

... Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush, whence Greek Euphrates, meaning "sweet water." The Assyrian name means "the stream," or "the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Ezranehemiah

... The same papyrus mentions Jehohanan (Johnnan of Nehemiah 12:22) as the high priest of the temple at Jerusalem, and Bagohi (Bagoas) was the Persian governor of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ezranehemiah.htm - 22k

Ezra-nehemiah

... The same papyrus mentions Jehohanan (Johnnan of Nehemiah 12:22) as the high priest of the temple at Jerusalem, and Bagohi (Bagoas) was the Persian governor of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ezra-nehemiah.htm - 22k

Daric

... It was a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Persian King with his crown and armed with bow and arrow. It was current among the Jews ... biblethesaurus.org/d/daric.htm - 8k

Mithredath (2 Occurrences)

... (1.) The "treasurer" of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:8). (2.) Ezra 4:7, a Persian officer in Samaria. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MITHREDATH. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mithredath.htm - 8k

Shethar-bozenai (4 Occurrences)

... she'-thar-boz'-e-ni, she'-thar-boz'-ni, -boz'-na-i, (shethar boznay, meaning uncertain): The name of a Persian (?) official mentioned with Tattenai in ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shethar-bozenai.htm - 9k

Shetharbozenai (4 Occurrences)

... she'-thar-boz'-e-ni, she'-thar-boz'-ni, -boz'-na-i, (shethar boznay, meaning uncertain): The name of a Persian (?) official mentioned with Tattenai in ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shetharbozenai.htm - 9k

Ahasbai (1 Occurrence)

... Xerxes, who reigned over Persia from 485 to 465 BC, and who made the great expedition against Greece that culminated in the defeat of the Persian forces at ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ahasbai.htm - 11k

Darius (26 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary The holder or supporter, the name of several Persian kings. ... (3.) Darius the Persian (Nehemiah 12:22) was probably the Darius II. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/darius.htm - 24k

Medes (15 Occurrences)

...Persian Mada; Medoi (Genesis 10:2 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 1 Chronicles 1:5 Ezra 6:2 Esther 1:3, 14, 18, 19; Esther 10:2 Isaiah 13:17; Isaiah 21:2 Jeremiah ... biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Tarsus (5 Occurrences)

... of the Assyrian empire, Cilicia may have regained its independence, at least partially, but it subsequently became a province of the Persian empire, paying to ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tarsus.htm - 30k

Zoology

... toed non-ruminants: Swine, Hippopotamus (Behemoth) (c) Ruminants: (1) Bovidae, Domestic Cattle, Wild Ox or Unicorn, Sinaitic Ibex (sv GOAT), Persian Wild Goat ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoology.htm - 18k

Persia (30 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary An ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persia.htm - 20k

Dram

... But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dram.htm - 8k

Persepolis

... per-sep'-o-lis (2 Maccabees 9:2; Persepolis, Persaipolis, in Ptolemy Persopolis; original Persian name unknown; Pahlavi Stakhr, now Ictakhr and Shihil Minar ... biblethesaurus.org/p/persepolis.htm - 7k

Paradise (6 Occurrences)

... A Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." (see EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/paradise.htm - 16k

Bondage (55 Occurrences)

... house of bondage" (13:3; 20:2). This word is used also with reference to the captivity in Babylon (Isaiah 14:3), and the oppression of the Persian king (Ezra 9 ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bondage.htm - 28k

Bartacus

... The family seems to be of Persian origin since the name Bartacus (Syriac,) in the form of Artachaeas is mentioned by Herodotus (vii0.22.117) as a person of ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bartacus.htm - 7k

Great (10383 Occurrences)

... 21). In 1 Maccabees 1:1 he is expressly named as the overthrower of the Persian empire, and the founder of that of the Greeks. As ... biblethesaurus.org/g/great.htm - 35k

Testaments

... HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1. The Persian Period 2. The Alexandrian Period 3. The Egyptian Period 4. The Syrian Period 5. The Maccabean Period 6. The Roman Period ... biblethesaurus.org/t/testaments.htm - 35k

Money (284 Occurrences)

... the Hebrews. The first mentioned is of Persian coinage, the daric (Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:70) and the `adarkon (Ezra 8:27). The daric ... biblethesaurus.org/m/money.htm - 69k

Sidon (35 Occurrences)

... fall of Babylon gave another short period of independence, but the Persians gained control without difficulty, and Sidon was prominent in the Persian period as ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sidon.htm - 25k

Between (2624 Occurrences)

... HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1. The Persian Period 2. The Alexandrian Period 3. The Egyptian Period 4. The Syrian Period 5. The Maccabean Period 6. The Roman Period ... biblethesaurus.org/b/between.htm - 36k

Esther (48 Occurrences)

... entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known (Esther 2:7). It is a Syro-Arabian modification of the Persian word satarah ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esther.htm - 58k

Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)

... In the strict sense, however, their domain was the tract at the Northwest end of the Persian Gulf, which was often called by the Assyro-Babylonians mat Tamtim ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldeans.htm - 48k

Chaldea (8 Occurrences)

... of the Hebrew Kasdim, Kasdim being the Old Testament name of the Babylonians, while the Chaldees were a tribe who lived on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldea.htm - 25k

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

... Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shushan.htm - 21k

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)

... " - Japheth " - Gomer " Cimmerians, Armenians " - Magog " Caucasians, Scythians " - Madal " Medes and Persian tribes " - Javan " - Elishah " Greeks ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dispersion.htm - 44k

Zoroastrianism

... For a general account of Zoroastrianism, see PERSIAN RELIGION. ... The Persian Saoshyant doctrine may well have helped, and the appearance of the Messiah "from.... ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoroastrianism.htm - 17k

Esdras

... Certain Persian officials in Samaria induced King Artaxerxes I (died 424 BC) to stop the work of rebuilding the temple, which is not resumed until the second ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esdras.htm - 29k

Cyprus (12 Occurrences)

... in 526 BC; but in the following year the defeat of his son and successor Psamtek III (Psammenitus) by Cambyses brought the island under Persian dominion (Herod ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyprus.htm - 27k

Targum

... The fact is undeniable that, during the Persian domination all over Southwestern Asia, Aramaic was the lingua franca, so much so that we see by the Assouan and ... biblethesaurus.org/t/targum.htm - 38k

Gnosticism

... Mansel (in his work on The Gnostic Heresies, 32) sums up the principal sources of Gnosticism in these three, Platonism, the Persian religion, and the Buddhism ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gnosticism.htm - 38k

Jaddua (3 Occurrences)

... He is the last of the high priests mentioned in the Old Testament, and held office during the reign of Darius the Persian, ie Darius III Codomannus, the last ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jaddua.htm - 8k

Javan (12 Occurrences)

... "The Persian Yauna occurs in the same double reference from the time of Darius; compare Aesch. Persian., 176, 562" (Skinner, Genesis, 198). ... biblethesaurus.org/j/javan.htm - 12k

Tigris (2 Occurrences)

... It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tigris.htm - 9k

Tattenai (4 Occurrences)

... tat'-e-ni (tattenay, various forms in the Septuagint; the King James Version Tatnai, tat'ni, tat'na-i'): A Persian governor, who was the successor of Rehum in ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tattenai.htm - 8k

Tikvath (1 Occurrence)

... It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvath.htm - 9k

Tikvah (2 Occurrences)

... It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvah.htm - 10k

Teresh (2 Occurrences)

... Another explanation identifies it with the Persian word turs "firm"; Scheft links it with the Persian tarsha, "desire.". Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/t/teresh.htm - 8k

Dedan (10 Occurrences)

... 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf. (2.) A son of ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dedan.htm - 11k

Media (14 Occurrences)

... and successor Astyages, the Persians waged war against the Medes and conquered them, the two nations being united under one monarch, Cyrus the Persian (BC 558 ... biblethesaurus.org/m/media.htm - 15k

Mordecai (52 Occurrences)

... to the quick by the conduct of Mordecai, resolved to accomplish his death in a wholesale destruction of the Jewish exiles throughout the Persian empire (Esther ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mordecai.htm - 28k

Parbar (1 Occurrence)

... to the position of the gatekeepers, "for Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar." The word is supposed to be of Persian origin, connected ... biblethesaurus.org/p/parbar.htm - 8k

Papyrus (4 Occurrences)

... Cataract, dating from 494 to 400 BC They show that between 470 and 408 BC a flourishing colony of Jews existed there, doing business under Persian sway, and ... biblethesaurus.org/p/papyrus.htm - 34k

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

... land of the Chaldeans" (Jeremiah 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central Asia along the valley of the Tigris from the Persian Gulf northward ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylon.htm - 93k

Breeches (6 Occurrences)

... In both these senses the word may be originally Persian: in that of mantle, meaning properly (according to Andreas) a "head-covering" (sarabara), for which in ... biblethesaurus.org/b/breeches.htm - 12k

Cilicia (8 Occurrences)

... Alexander was one of the most renowned leaders of such expeditions, and at Issus he met and shattered the power of the Persian empire. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cilicia.htm - 13k

Achmetha (1 Occurrence)

... monarchs, and of Cyrus and Cambyses. In the time of Ezra, the Persian kings resided usually at Susa of Babylon. But Cyrus held his court ... biblethesaurus.org/a/achmetha.htm - 10k

Artaxerxes (14 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary The Greek form of the name of several Persian kings. (1.) The king who obstructed the rebuilding of the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/artaxerxes.htm - 16k

Abagtha (1 Occurrence)

... The name is Persian, and is one of the many Persian marks in the Book of Esther. Multi-Version Concordance Abagtha (1 Occurrence). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abagtha.htm - 7k

Aryan

... east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aryan.htm - 9k

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

... LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or Southern Mesopotamia, extending almost to the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shinar.htm - 27k

Shethar (3 Occurrences)

... (According to Marquart, Fund., 69, Shethar comes from sh-r-sh-th-y with which the Persian siyatis, "joy," is to be compared.) The word has never really been ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shethar.htm - 8k

Sabteca (2 Occurrences)

... Recently Glazer (Skizze, II, 252) has revived the suggestion of Bochart that it is to be identified with Samydake in Carmania on the East of the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sabteca.htm - 7k

Satraps (12 Occurrences)

... 3, 27; Daniel 6:1;, the King James Version "princes"): The viceroys or vassal rulers to whom was entrusted the government of the provinces in the Persian empire ... biblethesaurus.org/s/satraps.htm - 11k

Eden (19 Occurrences)

... Of these the first would place it near the head of the Persian Gulf where the Tigris and Euphrates after their junction form the Shatt el-'Arab which ... biblethesaurus.org/e/eden.htm - 28k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... Three branches of the Cushite or Ethiopian stock, moving from Western Asia, settled in the regions contiguous to the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Deer (15 Occurrences)

... The Arabs call the roe deer both 'ayyal and wa`l. Wa`l is the proper name of the Persian wild goat, Capra aegagrus, and is also often used for the Arabic or ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deer.htm - 17k

Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)

... grandson or the nephew of Salathiel. He is also known by the Persian name of Sheshbazzar (Ezra 1:8, 11). In the first year of Cyrus ... biblethesaurus.org/z/zerubbabel.htm - 20k

Kittim (8 Occurrences)

... is said to have crossed "the sea of the setting sun" (the Mediterranean), though the Babylonian copy makes it that of "the rising sun"-ie the Persian Gulf. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kittim.htm - 15k

Havilah (7 Occurrences)

... It is the opinion of Kalisch, however, that Havilah "in both instances designates the same country, extending at least from the Persian to the Arabian Gulf ... biblethesaurus.org/h/havilah.htm - 11k

Ophir (12 Occurrences)

... can be regarded as clearly native to Ophir is the gold, and according to Pliny and Strabo the region of Southeastern Arabia bordering on the Persian Gulf was a ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ophir.htm - 16k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... Position and Names: A well-known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting on the Northeast side of the Persian Gulf, practically followed ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Armenia (2 Occurrences)

... in the Cyropedia mentions a Median conquest of Armenia, Strabo their Median attire; yet Armenian girls could not understand Xenophon's Persian interpreter (Anab ... biblethesaurus.org/a/armenia.htm - 21k

Alexander (5 Occurrences)

... 21). In 1 Maccabees 1:1 he is expressly named as the overthrower of the Persian empire, and the founder of that of the Greeks. As ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexander.htm - 32k

Goat (92 Occurrences)

... zemer (Deuteronomy 14:5), English Versions of the Bible "chamois." 2. Wild Goats: The original of our domestic goats is believed to be the Persian wild goat or ... biblethesaurus.org/g/goat.htm - 48k

Taxing (3 Occurrences)

... words, which are evidently combined in a formula and indicate three distinct classes of taxes, are interesting as being characteristic of the Persian period. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/taxing.htm - 35k

Cyrus (20 Occurrences)

... si'-rus (koresh; Old Persian Kurus; Babylonian Kur(r)as, Kur(r)asu; Greek Kuros, 2 Chronicles 36:22, etc.): 1. Genealogy of Cyrus 2. His Country, Ansan or ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrus.htm - 39k

Tax (43 Occurrences)

... words, which are evidently combined in a formula and indicate three distinct classes of taxes, are interesting as being characteristic of the Persian period. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tax.htm - 47k

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... Position and Names: A well-known tract, partly mountainous, whose western boundary, starting on the Northeast side of the Persian Gulf, practically followed ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Crown (94 Occurrences)

... adorned with flowers. There are sculptures also representing the crowns worn by the early Egyptian and Persian kings. Sometimes a ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crown.htm - 58k

Chronicles (45 Occurrences)

... It is used to denote the records of the Medo-Persian monarchy (Esther 2:23; Esther 6:1; Esther 10:2), and to denote public records, either Persian or Jewish ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chronicles.htm - 60k