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Parthia

Is supposed to have been originally a province of Media, on its eastern side, which was raised into a distinct kingdom by Arsaces, B. C. 250. It soon extended itself over a great part of the ancient Persian Empire, and is frequently put for that empire in Scripture, and other ancient writings. Parthia maintained itself against all aggressors for nearly five hundred years, and was not subjugated even by the Romans; but in A. D. 226, one of the descendants of the ancient Persian kings united it to his empire, and Persia resumed it former name and dynasty.

The Parthians were celebrated, especially by the poets, for a peculiarity of their mode of fighting on horseback, which consisted in discharging their arrows while they fled. They would seem to have borne no very distant resemblance to the modern Cossacks. It is said the Parthians were either refugees or exiles from the Scythian nations. Jews and proselytes from among them were present at Jerusalem at the Pentecost, Acts 2:9.

Greek

3934. Parthos -- a Parthian, an inhabitant of Parthia
... a Parthian, an inhabitant of Parthia. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
Parthos Phonetic Spelling: (par'-thos) Short Definition: a Parthian ...
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Library

How Artabanus, the King of Parthia Out of Fear of the Secret ...
... CHAPTER 3. How Artabanus, the King of Parthia out of Fear of the Secret Contrivances
of His Subjects Against Him, Went to Izates, and Was By Him Reinstated in ...
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How Izates was Betrayed by his Own Subjects, and Fought against by ...
... delivered up by God into their king's hands, yet would they not even then be quiet,
but wrote again to Vologases, who was then king of Parthia, and desired ...
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The Parts of the World in which the Apostles Preached
... Christ. 1. Such was the condition of the Jews. Meanwhile the holy apostles and
disciples of our Saviour were dispersed throughout the world. [563] Parthia, [564 ...
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How Hyrcanus was Set at Liberty by the Parthians, and Returned to ...
... 2. But when Hyrcanus was brought into Parthia the king Phraates treated him after
a very gentle manner, as having already learned of what an illustrious family ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how hyrcanus was.htm

The Early History of Particular Churches.
... It is known that, in the following century, a flourishing Church existed
there. [Sidenote: Several Apostles in Parthia.]. The CHURCH ...
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What Befell the Jews that were in Babylon on Occasion of Asineus ...
... to pay them respect; and they became formidable to such as came to assault them,
till the report about them came to the ears of the king of Parthia himself. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 what befell the.htm

The Prologue.
... John preached the Gospel in Parthia rests (so far as appears) on no ancient authority,
and perhaps has no other foundation than the superscription itself ...
/.../augustine/ten homilies on the epistle of john to the parthians/the prologue.htm

The Gospel According to St. Matthew
... James. Nothing certain is known of his missionary labours. Parthia, Ethiopia, and
India were believed in the 4th and 5th centuries to have been visited by St. ...
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Vergilius had Thought Wisely of his Temptation. ...
... "He would be no toy of Caesar. He dreams of conquest. He will gather an army in
Judea, Parthia, and Arabia. He will attack Caesar, and Caesar is growing old. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 17 vergilius had thought.htm

Fragment iv. On the Deluge. ...
... And when the water abated, the ark settled on the mountains of Ararat, which we
know to be in Parthia; [1085] but some say that they are at Celænæ [1086] of ...
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Thesaurus

Parthia (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Parthia (1 Occurrence). Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes,
Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia ...
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Parthians (1 Occurrence)
... Were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9). Parthia lay on the east of Media
and south of Hyrcania, which separated it from the Caspian Sea. ...
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Arsaces
... 243 BC, Tiridates added Hyrcania to his dominions; but it was not till the reign
of Arsaces VI, whose pre-regnal name was Mithridates, that Parthia through the ...
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Parteth (9 Occurrences)

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Armenia (2 Occurrences)
... Peace between Rome and Parthia ensued, and Armenia remained closely united to Parthia
till Trajan's expedition in 114 AD LITERATURE. Spiegel, Altpers. ...
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Tryphon
... In 138 BC Demetrius was captured by Mithridates I (Arsaces), king of Parthia (1
Maccabees 14:2). His brother, Antiochus VII (Sidetes), continued the struggle ...
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Thomas (12 Occurrences)
... missionary labors. (1) According to origen, he preached in Parthia, the
according to a Syrian legend he died at Edessa. The Agbar ...
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Tiberius (1 Occurrence)
... and Drusus, the withdrawal of the Romans to the Rhine, the settlement of the Armenian
question, the rise and fall of Sejanus, the submission of Parthia. ...
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Media (14 Occurrences)
... Media (14 Occurrences). Acts 2:9 Men of Parthia, Media, and Elam, and those living
in Mesopotamia, in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, (BBE). ...
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Cleopatra
... 11:12; Josephus, Ant, XIII, iv, 7). Alexander was killed in battle against the joint
forces of Ptolemy and Demetrius while Demetrius was in captivity in Parthia...
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Bible Concordance

Parthia (1 Occurrence)

Acts 2:9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Parthia

Related Terms

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