Aramaic word · H3567

כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ

koresh

Cyrus

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 8 times in 6 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ch.36.22;

son of: Gedaliah (H1436H)

Aramaic of ko.resh (כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ "Cyrus" H3566)

§ 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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 7

  1. Ezra 5:13 לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ of Cyrus, Cyrus

    In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

  2. Ezra 5:14 כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ Cyrus

    He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

    Here: Cyrus II the Great of Persia, who conquered Babylon in 539 BC. The elders appeal to his authority in their answer to Darius.

  3. Ezra 5:17 כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ Cyrus

    Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

  4. Ezra 6:3 לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ of Cyrus, Cyrus

    In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

    Here: The prefix lə- marks ownership here: 'the year belonging to Cyrus'. Kôreš is the Aramaic/Hebrew form of Old Persian Kuruš, Cyrus II 'the Great'.

  5. Ezra 6:14 כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ Cyrus

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

    Here: Cyrus II, who conquered Babylon in 539 BC. His decree authorizing the temple (Ezra 1:2–4; 6:3–5) was rediscovered in the archive at Ecbatana.

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 6:28 כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ Cyrus

    So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

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