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title: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ — Darius · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּרְיָוֶשׁ (1867), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Darius. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Darius. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּרְיָוֶשׁ

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«דָּרְיָוֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Darius** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 1867 · **BDB:** דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ

### Glosses

Darius (8); of.Darius (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Darius [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1867/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Darius [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1867/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Darius (Old Pers. Dârayavaʾush cf. SpiegAPK 81)— Darius Hystaspis, 522–485 Ezr 4:5 Hg 1:1, 15; 2:10 Zc 1:1, 7; 7:1. Darius Codomannus, 336–332 Ne 12:22. ‘Darius the Mede,’ Dn 9:1; 11:1, cf. Bev Dan. p. 19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּרְיָוֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1867/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.1/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת לְדָרְיָ֛וֶשׁ בֶּן־אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ מִזֶּ֣רַע מָדָ֑י אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָמְלַ֔ךְ עַ֖ל מַלְכ֥וּת כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* in year one of Darius the.son of.Ahasuerus one of.the.descendant\[s\] of.Media who he.had.been.made.king over the.kingdom of.\[the\].Chaldeans

*JPS 1917:* In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

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[Daniel 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.1/)

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וַאֲנִי֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֔ת לְדָרְיָ֖וֶשׁ הַמָּדִ֑י עָמְדִ֛י לְמַחֲזִ֥יק וּלְמָע֖וֹז לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and I in year one of Darius the Mede standing my \[was\].to \[one.who\].strengthens and to a.protection for him

*JPS 1917:* And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to be a supporter and a stronghold unto him.

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