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 king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,Ezra 5:14 · כּ֣וֹרֶשׁand also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had taken forth out of the temple that is in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, them hath Cyrus the king brought forth out of the temple of Babylon, and they have been given to one, Sheshbazzar is his name, whom he made governor,Ezra 5:17 · כּ֤וֹרֶשׁAnd now, if to the king it be good, let search be made in the treasure-house of the king, that is there in Babylon, whether it be that of Cyrus the king there was made a decree to build this house of God in Jerusalem, and the will of the king concerning this thing he doth send unto us.’Ezra 6:3 · לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ · כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ‘In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;Ezra 6:14 · כּ֣וֹרֶשׁand the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.Daniel 6:28 · כּ֥וֹרֶשׁAnd this Daniel hath prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.