BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5485
su.si — Susi
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.11; father of: Gaddi (H1426) § Susi = "my horse" father of Gaddi, the spy for the tribe of Manasseh
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6539
pa.ras — Persia
§ Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6540
pa.ras — Persia
Aramaic of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539) § Persia = "pure" or "splendid" the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south 1a) Persia proper was bounded on the west by Susiana or Elam, on the north by Media, on the south by the Persian Gulf and on the east by Carmania Persian, of Persia "pure" or "splendid"
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1426
gad.di — Gaddi
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.13.11; son of: Susi (H5485) § Gaddi = "my fortune" the son of Susi, spy from the tribe of Manasseh sent by Moses to spy out the land of Canaan
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2702
cha.tsar su.sim — Hazar-susim
§ Hazar-susim = "village of horses" a place in Simeon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The father of Gaddi, who was one of the twelve spies (Num. 13:11).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
