כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ

ko.reshCyrus
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man15 occurrences4 books13 verses
This is the name of Cyrus: Persian Emperor who decreed the rebuilding of the Temple.

Definition

or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) כֹּרֶשׁ; from the Persian; Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
Traditional renderings: Cyrus.

Glossary entries

Cyrus the Great

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

15 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 36:22 (2×)לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ · of Cyrus; כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ · of Cyrus
    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:
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:23כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ׀ · Cyrus
    “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.’”
  3. Ezra 1:1 (2×)לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ · of Cyrus; כֹּ֣רֶשׁ · of Cyrus
    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:
  4. Ezra 1:2כֹּ֚רֶשׁ · Cyrus
    “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.
  5. Ezra 1:7כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ · Cyrus
    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.
  6. Ezra 1:8כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ · Cyrus
    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.
  7. Ezra 3:7כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ · by Cyrus
    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.
  8. Ezra 4:3כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ · Cyrus
    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.”
  9. Ezra 4:5כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ · of Cyrus
    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.
  10. Isaiah 44:28לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ · of Cyrus
    …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.’”
  11. Isaiah 45:1לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ · to Cyrus
    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:
  12. Daniel 1:21לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ · Cyrus
    And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
  13. Daniel 10:1לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ · of Cyrus
    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.