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Daniel 5

Dan. 5:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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PERES
prac (Hebrew #6537)
to split up
KJV usage: divide, (U-)pharsin.
Pronounce: per-as'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 6536
; Thy kingdom
malkuw (Hebrew #4437)
dominion (abstractly or concretely)
KJV usage: kingdom, kingly, realm, reign.
Pronounce: mal-koo'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 4438
is divided
prac (Hebrew #6537)
to split up
KJV usage: divide, (U-)pharsin.
Pronounce: per-as'
Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to 6536
, and given
yhab (Hebrew #3052)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 3051;--deliver, give, lay, + prolong, pay, yield.
Pronounce: yeh-hab'
r to the Medes
Maday (Hebrew #4076)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 4074
KJV usage: Mede(-s).
Pronounce: maw-dah'-ee
s and Persians
Parac (Hebrew #6540)
(Aramaic) corresponding to 6539
KJV usage: Persia, Persians.
Pronounce: paw-ras'
t.

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Ministry on This Verse

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PERES.Peres,"he was divided," pronounced paras, denoted Persians, who seem evidently referred to.Thy.
Dan. 5:31• 31And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. (Dan. 5:31)
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Dan. 6:28• 28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. (Dan. 6:28)
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Dan. 8:3‑4,20• 3Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
20The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
(Dan. 8:3‑4,20)
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Dan. 9:1• 1In 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; (Dan. 9:1)
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Isa. 13:17• 17Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. (Isa. 13:17)
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Isa. 21:2• 2A 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. (Isa. 21:2)
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Isa. 45:1‑2• 1Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
(Isa. 45:1‑2)
 PERES, the public judgment consequent upon Belshazzar’s failure in the use of the power entrusted to him in the government of the earth. (Daniel 5 by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.