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H3566 כּוֹרֶשׁ (Kôwresh) ko'-resh
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) Koresh {ko'-resh}; from the Persians; Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king

KJV Usage: Cyrus

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ (ko.resh) — Cyrus. A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ch.36.22; son of: Gedaliah (H1436H) Also named: ko.resh (כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ "Cyrus" H3567) § 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of People

Cyrus = man; ► king of Persia, who allowed the exiles from Judah to return

2CH 36:22 · 2CH 36:22 · 2CH 36:23 · EZR 1:1 · EZR 1:1 · EZR 1:2 · EZR 1:7 · EZR 1:8 · EZR 3:7 · EZR 4:3 · EZR 4:5 · EZR 5:13 · EZR 5:13 · EZR 5:14 · EZR 5:17 · EZR 6:3 · EZR 6:3 · EZR 6:14 · ISA 44:28 · ISA 45:1 · DAN 1:21 · DAN 6:29 · DAN 10:1

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ and כֹּ֫רֶשׁ n.pr.m. Cyrus—king of Persia, conqueror of Babylon, restorer of Jews to Palestine base

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