Word Study · Strong's H3567 · 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.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ3
- כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ2
- כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ1
- לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ1
- לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ1
How it is rendered · 2
- Cyrus6
- of Cyrus2
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)6
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
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- ANpm · 6
- AR/Npm · 2
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Ezra7 occurrences
- Ezra 5:13לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁlekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.here: of Cyrus
- Ezra 5:13כּ֤וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.here: Cyrus
- Ezra 5:14כּ֣וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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 governorhere: Cyrus
- Ezra 5:17כּ֤וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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.here: Cyrus
- Ezra 6:3לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁlekhoreshpreposition + proper noun (a name)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: of Cyrus
- Ezra 6:3כּ֣וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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: Cyrus
- Ezra 6:14כּ֣וֹרֶשׁkoreshproper noun (a name)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
Same headword in Strong's