Quick Definition
Persia
Strong's Definition
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
Derivation: (Aramaic) of foreign origin (only in the plural);
KJV Usage: Apharsite.
TWOT Reference: 2598
Outline of Biblical Usage
Apharsite = "causers of division (?)"
1) (CLBL) an unknown office
2) (BDB) secretaries
3) (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא (a.pha.re.say) — Persia. Persia or Apharsite = "causers of division (?)" (CLBL) an unknown office (TWOT) perhaps a title of an official Another spelling of pa.ras (פָּרַס "Persia" H6539)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲפָֽרְסָיֵא n.pr.pl.gent. Ezr 4:9, Persians ref