Strong H3567כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ

Cyrus

Transliteration: kôresh
Pronunciation: ko'-resh
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

(Chaldee); corresponding to H3566 : - Cyrus.

Meaning of the name

Cyrus = "posses thou the furnace"

Detailed definition

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)

In the biblical story

Cyrus

Persian Emperor who decreed the rebuilding of the Temple

Cyrus, Emperor of Persia, issued a decree allowing the Jews to return and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. (2Ch.36.22,22,23; Ezr.1.1,1,2,7,8; 3.7; 4.3,5; Isa.44.28; 45.1; Dan.1.21; 10.1; Ezr.5.13,13,14,17; 6.3,3,14; Dan.6.28)

In the Bible

Strong H3567 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

cyrus6

First verses

Ezra 5:13
But 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
And 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
Now 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
In 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
And 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
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.