H3566 - כּוֹרֶשׁ (Kôwresh)

H3566 כּוֹרֶשׁ (Kôwresh) ko'-resh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Cyrus

Biblical Persons & Places

Cyrus Emperor living at the time of Exile and Return

An emperor Persia living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ch.36.22; referred to as Cyrus (כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ), or Cyrus (Aramiac כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ).

Strong's Definition

Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king

Derivation: or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) כֹּרֶשׁ; from the Persians;

KJV Usage: Cyrus.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Cyrus = "posses thou the furnace"

1) the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ch.36.22; son of: Gedaliah (H1436H) Also named: ko.resh (כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ "Cyrus" H3567) § Cyrus = "posses thou the furnace" the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כֹּרֶשׁ / כּוֹרֶשׁ kôresh BDB Definition: Cyrus = posses thou the furnace 1) the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from the Persians Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (13)

36:22 36:23

1:1 1:2 1:7 1:8 3:7 4:3 4:5

44:28 45:1

1:21 10:1

2 Chronicles 36:22

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

2 Chronicles 36:23

This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God [be] with him, and may he go up.

Ezra 1:1

Ezra 1:2

This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 1:7

King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.

Ezra 1:8

Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

Ezra 3:7

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized... by Cyrus king of Persia.

Ezra 4:3

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied -, You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.