Kôwresh — H3567

Definition

masculine proper noun

Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king

1. Cyrus = "posses thou the furnace"
2. the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Cyrus

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3566

• Kôwresh (H3566)

Occurrences

Kôwresh occurs 8 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (5), Daniel (1)

• Ezra 5:13 — But in the first year of Cyrus (לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ) the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
• Ezra 5:13 — But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus (כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ) made a decree to build this house of God.
• Ezra 5:14 — And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus (כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ) the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
• Ezra 5:17 — Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus (כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ) the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus (לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ) the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus (כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ) the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
• Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus (כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ), and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
• Daniel 6:28 — So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus (כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ) the Persian.