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title: כּוֹרֶשׁ — Cyrus · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כּוֹרֶשׁ (3566), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Cyrus. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Cyrus. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כּוֹרֶשׁ

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«כּוֹרֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Cyrus** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 3566 · **BDB:** כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ

### Glosses

Cyrus (11); of.Cyrus (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Cyrus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3566/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Cyrus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3566/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Ezr 1:1, 2) כֹּ֫רֶשׁ n.pr.m. Cyrus (Pers. Kʾurʾu, SpiegAPK 215; Bab. Kuraš COT on Ezr 1:1, Dl in Baer Dn. p. x)—king of (Anzan = Susiana, Tiele Bab.-Assyr. Gesch. 469, and) Persia, conqueror of Babylon (Tiele ib; 468 ff.), restorer of Jews to Palestine Is 44:28; 45:1 Ezr 1:7; called מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס 2 Ch 36:22(×2), 23 Ezr 1:1(×2), 2 also Ezr 1:8; 4:3, 5 Dn 10:1; simply הַמֶּלֶךְ Dn 1:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «כּוֹרֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3566/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 1:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.1.21/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל עַד־שְׁנַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.was Daniel until year one of Cyrus the king

*JPS 1917:* And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

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[Ezra 1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.1.8/)

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וַיּֽוֹצִיאֵ֗םכּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס עַל־יַ֖ד מִתְרְדָ֣ת הַגִּזְבָּ֑ר וַֽיִּסְפְּרֵם֙ לְשֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֔ר הַנָּשִׂ֖יא לִיהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he brought.them.out Cyrus the.king of.Persia on the.hand of.Mithredath the treasurer and he counted.them.out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah

*JPS 1917:* even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

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