Daniel 5:28
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פַּרְסִי
Parçîy
a Parsite (i.e. Persian), or inhabitant of Peres
מַלְכוּ
malkûw
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מָדַי
Mâday
{Madai, a country of central Asia}
פָּרַס
Pâraç
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּרַס Pâraç
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
Study H6539 →חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
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