Strong's Lexicon

H3566

H3566 — כּוֹרֶשׁ כּוֹרֶשׁ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewKowreshnameOccurrences: 15

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3566
Word:	כּוֹרֶשׁ כּוֹרֶשׁ
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from the Persians
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	15
Transliteration:	Kowresh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ko'-resh (or (Ezra 1) n/p.
Meaning:	1. Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
KJV Renderings:	Cyrus.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3967

כּ֫וֺרֶשׁ and (Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:2) כֹּ֫רֶשׁ proper name, masculine Cyrus (Persian K'ur'u(š) , Spieg^{APK 215}; Babylonian Kuraš COT on Ezra 1:1, Dl in Baer^{Dn. p. x}) — king of (Anzan = Susiana, Tiele^{Babylonian -Assyr. Geschichte. 469}, and) Persia, conqueror of Babylon (Tiele^{ib. 468 ff.}), restorer of Jews to Palestine Isa 44:28; Isa 45:1; Ezra 1:7 called מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס 2Chr 36:22 (twice in verse); 2Chr 36:23; Ezra 1:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 1:2, also Ezra 1:8; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 4:5; Dan 10:1 simply הֵמֶּלֶךְ Dan 1:21.

BDB4214

כֹּרֶשׁ proper name, masculine see כּוֺרֶשׁ .

BDB9610

כּ֫וֺרֶשׁ₉ proper name, masculine Cyrus (Biblical Hebrew id.); — Dan 6:28; Ezra 5:13 + 6 t. Ezra.

[כִּכַּר], כִּכְּ רִין see כרר . כֹּל see כלל .