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Koresh <a href="../hebrew/3567.htm" title="3567">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Concordance</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Koresh: a Pers. king</span></div><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Koresh<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ko'-resh)<br><span class="tophdg">Short Definition: </span>Cyrus<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">כּ֫וֺרֶשׁ</font> and (Ezra 1:1,2) <font class="hebrew2">כֹּ֫רֶשׁ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>Cyrus</b></font> (Persian <i><em>K'ur'u(š)</em></i>, Spieg<sup>APK 215</sup>; Babylonian <i><em>Kuraš</em></i> COT on <a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1</a>, Dl in Baer<sup>Dn. p. x</sup>) — king of (Anzan = Susiana, Tiele<sup>Babylonian -Assyr. Geschichte. 469</sup>, and) Persia, conqueror of Babylon (Tiele<sup>ib. 468 ff.</sup>), restorer of Jews to Palestine <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-28.htm">Isaiah 44:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-1.htm">Isaiah 45:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-7.htm">Ezra 1:7</a>; called <font class="hebrew2">מֶלֶךְ</font> <font class="hebrew2">מָּרַס</font>2Chronicles 36:22 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 36:23; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1</a> (twice in verse); <a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-2.htm">Ezra 1:2</a>, also <a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-8.htm">Ezra 1:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-3.htm">Ezra 4:3,5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/daniel/10-1.htm">Daniel 10:1</a>; simply <font class="hebrew2">הֵמֶּלֶךְ</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/1-21.htm">Daniel 1:21</a>. <p> <font class="hebrew2">כֹּרֶשׁ</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> see <font class="hebrew2">כּוֺרֶשׁ</font>. <p> <font class="hebrew2">כּ֫וֺרֶשׁ</font><sub>9</sub> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>Cyrus</b></font> (Biblical Hebrew <em>id.</em>); — <a href="/interlinear/daniel/6-28.htm">Daniel 6:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezra/5-13.htm">Ezra 5:13</a> 6t. Ezra. <p>[<font class="hebrew2">כִּכַּר</font>], <font class="hebrew2">כִּכְּ רִין</font> see <font class="hebrew2">כרר</font>. <font class="hebrew2">כֹּל</font> see <font class="hebrew2">כלל</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Cyrus <p>Or (Ezra 1:1 (last time), Ezra 1:2) Koresh {ko'-resh}; from the Persians; Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king -- Cyrus. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2.htm">'ab</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>כֹּ֚רֶשׁ כֹּ֣רֶשׁ כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ ׀ כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ כורש כרש לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ לכורש kō·reš kō·w·reš kōreš Koresh kōwreš lə·ḵō·w·reš leChoresh ləḵōwreš<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3566.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3566<br>15 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/koresh_3566.htm">kō·w·reš — 9 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lechoresh_3566.htm">lə·ḵō·w·reš — 6 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/36-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 36:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת <b> לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> year the first <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/36-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 36:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ ר֙וּחַ֙ <b> כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ </b> מֶֽלֶךְ־ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up the spirit <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the spirit <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the LORD the spirit <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/36-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 36:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֹּה־ אָמַ֞ר <b> כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ ׀ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֗ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Thus says <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia,<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Thus saith <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Thus says <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 1:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת <b> לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> year the first <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 1:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶת־ ר֙וּחַ֙ <b> כֹּ֣רֶשׁ </b> מֶֽלֶךְ־ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up the spirit <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the spirit <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the LORD the spirit <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/1-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 1:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֗ר <b> כֹּ֚רֶשׁ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Thus says <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Thus saith <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Thus says <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 1:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְהַמֶּ֣לֶךְ <b> כּ֔וֹרֶשׁ </b> הוֹצִ֖יא אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Also King <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> brought<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Also Cyrus</span> the king brought forth<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> King <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> brought the articles<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 1:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיּֽוֹצִיאֵ֗ם <b> כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">and Cyrus,</span> king of Persia,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Even those did Cyrus</span> king of Persia<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> brought <span class="itali">and Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 3:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָפ֔וֹא כְּרִשְׁי֛וֹן <b> כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ </b> מֶֽלֶךְ־ פָּרַ֖ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> according to the permission <span class="itali">they had from Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> according to the grant <span class="itali">that they had of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/3-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Joppa to the permission <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">צִוָּ֔נוּ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ <b> כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ </b> מֶֽלֶךְ־ פָּרָֽס׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as King <span class="itali">Cyrus,</span> the king<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> as king <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> the king<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> commanded King <span class="itali">Cyrus</span> the king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/4-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 4:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָּל־ יְמֵ֗י <b> כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> all the days <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all the days <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/4-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the days <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/44-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 44:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הָאֹמֵ֤ר <b> לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ </b> רֹעִ֔י וְכָל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/44.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [It is I] who says <span class="itali">of Cyrus,</span> '[He is] My shepherd!<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/44.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> That saith <span class="itali">of Cyrus,</span> [He is] my shepherd,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> says <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> shipherd all<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/45-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 45:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יְהוָה֮ לִמְשִׁיחוֹ֮ <b> לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ </b> אֲשֶׁר־ הֶחֱזַ֣קְתִּי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/45.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the LORD <span class="itali">to Cyrus</span> His anointed,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/45.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to his anointed, <span class="itali">to Cyrus,</span> whose right hand<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the LORD his anointed <span class="itali">to Cyrus</span> Whom have taken<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/1-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 1:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שְׁנַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת <b> לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ </b> הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ פ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the first year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> the king.<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> year of king <span class="itali">Cyrus.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/1-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> year the first <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> the king<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/10-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 10:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בִּשְׁנַ֣ת שָׁל֗וֹשׁ <b> לְכ֙וֹרֶשׁ֙ </b> מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> year <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/10-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> year the third <span class="itali">of Cyrus</span> king of Persia<p><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3566.htm">15 Occurrences</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/3565.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3565"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3565" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/3567.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3567"><img src="/right.png" 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