Persis - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4069 — maddua (“why”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4069 Περσίς (Persis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Persis (per-sece') n/p. 1. a Persian woman 2. Persis, a Christian female It has 16 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include persis. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Persis (per-sece') n/p. 1. a Persian woman 2. Persis, a Christian female [from ???] KJV: Persis
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4069. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Persis
Usage: 1. Persian , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. 2. as Substantive, (.] (entry γῆ); Persis, Persia , now Farsistan , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. (entry γυνή); a Persian woman , (Xenophon Historicus) 4. (entry χλαῖνα); a Persian cloak , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Persis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4069 (Περσίς) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.
14 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
and said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writing; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
and sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4069.
And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.
Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
and said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writing; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
and sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent unto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt westward, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Lebanon, and Antilebanon, and to all that dwelt upon the sea coast,
Wherefore, being greatly perplexed in his mind, he determined to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
About that time King Antiochus traveling through the high countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a city greatly renowned for riches, silver, and gold;
Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia, that the armies, which went against the land of Judea, were put to flight:
was returned out of Persia and Media, and the king’s host also that went with him, and that he sought to take unto him the ruling of affairs.
But when Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius was entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive:
For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.
Now after many years, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, being sent from the king of Persia, did send of the posterity of those priests that had hidden it to the fire: but when they told us they found no fire, but thick water;
About that time came Antiochus with dishonor out of the country of Persia.
As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honor and good will. Returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:
And the tyrant Antiochus was both punished upon earth, and is punished now he is dead; for when he was quite unable to compel the Israelites to adopt foreign customs, and to desert the manner of life of their fathers,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4069, grouped by book.
Persis (Strong's G4069) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Persis". Persis (per-sece') n/p. 1. a Persian woman 2. Persis, a Christian female
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's G4069 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4069 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as persis. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 14 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4069, with linked reader references where each row is available.