דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ

dar.ya.veshDarius
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man10 occurrences5 books10 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people in the Bible:
  • Darius: Mede who became Emperor over Babylon
  • Darius: Persian king who decreed the rebuilding of the Temple
  • Darius: Persian Emperor during the time of the Levites

Definition

of Persian origin; Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
Traditional renderings: Darius.

Glossary entries

Darius

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Ezra 4:5דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ · of Darius
    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.
  2. Nehemiah 12:22דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ · Darius
    In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
  3. Daniel 9:1לְדָרְיָ֛וֶשׁ · of Darius
    In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
  4. Daniel 11:1לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁ · of Darius
    “And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
  5. Haggai 1:1לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ · of Darius
    In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
  6. Haggai 1:15לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁ · Darius
    …on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
  7. Haggai 2:10לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ · of Darius
    On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
  8. Zechariah 1:1לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ · of Darius
    In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
  9. Zechariah 1:7לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ · of Darius
    On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
  10. Zechariah 7:1לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁ · Darius
    In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.