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Lexicon :: Strong's H3566 - kôreš

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כּוֹרֶשׁ
Transliteration
kôreš
Pronunciation
ko'-resh
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the Persians
Strong’s Definitions

כּוֹרֶשׁ Kôwresh, ko'-resh; or (Ezra 1:1-2 (last time)) כֹּרֶשׁ Kôresh; from the Persian; Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king:—Cyrus.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H3566 in the following manner: Cyrus (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H3566 in the following manner: Cyrus (15x).
  1. Cyrus = "possess 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כּוֹרֶשׁ Kôwresh, ko'-resh; or (Ezra 1:1-2 (last time)) כֹּרֶשׁ Kôresh; from the Persian; Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king:—Cyrus.
STRONGS H3566: Abbreviations
כּ֫וֺרֶשׁ and (Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:2) כֹּ֫רֶשׁ proper name, masculine Cyrus (Persian K'ur'u(š), SpiegAPK 215; Babylonian Kuraš COT on Ezra 1:1, Dl in BaerDn. p. x) — king of (Anzan = Susiana, TieleBab.-Assyr. Geschichte. 469, and) Persia, conqueror of Babylon (Tieleib. 468 ff.), restorer of Jews to Palestine Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1; Ezra 1:7; called מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס 2 Chronicles 36:22 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1 (twice in verse); Ezra 1:2, also Ezra 1:8; Ezra 4:3, Ezra 4:5; Daniel 10:1; simply הֵמֶּלֶךְ Daniel 1:21.

See related Aramaic Strongs entry H3567.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

36:22; 36:23

Ezra

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

Isaiah

44:28; 45:1

Daniel

1:21; 10:1

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Strong's Number H3566 matches the Hebrew כּוֹרֶשׁ (kôreš),
which occurs 15 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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