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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.
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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

H3566

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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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:22 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the LORD his God be with him. Let him go up.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 - “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:7 - Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:8 - Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we alone will build to the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and bribed counselors against them to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:28 - who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:21 - And Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:1 - In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar. And the word was true, and it was a great conflict.[fn] And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision.
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