A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ch.36.22; son of: Gedaliah (H1436H) Aramaic of ko.resh (כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ "Cyrus" H3566) § Cyrus = "posses thou the furnace" the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem
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H3567 — כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ
ko.resh · Cyrus · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Ezra 5:13 · לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ · כּ֤וֹרֶשׁBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.Ezra 5:14 · כּ֣וֹרֶשׁAnd the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto [one], whose name [was] Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;Ezra 5:17 · כּ֤וֹרֶשׁNow therefore, if [it seem] good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it be [so], that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.Ezra 6:3 · לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ · כּ֣וֹרֶשׁIn the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;Ezra 6:14 · כּ֣וֹרֶשׁAnd the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished [it], according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.Daniel 6:28 · כּ֥וֹרֶשׁSo this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.