Word Study · Strong's H3566 · Hebrew
כּוֹרֶשׁ
Koresh
ko'-resh
Strong's 1890 spelling: Kôwresh
“Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
Rendered in the KJV as
Cyrus.
- 15occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 15 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙4
- כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ2
- כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ2
- כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ1
- כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ1
- כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ׀1
- כֹּ֣רֶשׁ1
- כֹּ֚רֶשׁ1
- לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ1
- לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ1
How it is rendered · 3
- Cyrus9
- of Cyrus5
- to Cyrus1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)9
- preposition + proper noun (a name)6
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- HNpm · 9
- HR/Npm · 6
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Where this word lives
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2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 36:22לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙lekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)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:here: of Cyrus
- 2 Chronicles 36:22כּ֣וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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:here: Cyrus
- 2 Chronicles 36:23כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ׀koreshproper noun (a name)“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.’”here: Cyrus
Ezra8 occurrences
- Ezra 1:1לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙lekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)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:here: of Cyrus
- Ezra 1:1כֹּ֣רֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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:here: Cyrus
- Ezra 1:2כֹּ֚רֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)“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.here: Cyrus
- Ezra 1:7כּ֔וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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.here: Cyrus
- Ezra 1:8כּ֚וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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.here: Cyrus
- Ezra 3:7כּ֥וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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.here: Cyrus
- Ezra 4:3כּ֥וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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.”here: Cyrus
- Ezra 4:5כּ֚וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.here: Cyrus
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 44:28לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙lekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”here: of Cyrus
- Isaiah 45:1לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁlekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:here: to Cyrus
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 1:21לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁlekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.here: of Cyrus
- Daniel 10:1לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙lekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.here: of Cyrus
Same headword in Strong's