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HebrewH1867Proper Noun (Masculine)

דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ

dar.ya.vesh

10Occurrences
H1867Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings

of Persian origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Darius = "lord" 1) Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC) 2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) 3) Darius II or Darius III 3a) Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3-405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah 3b) Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336-330 BC)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Haggai
3
Zechariah
3
Daniel
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Daniel 11:1BSB

“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

Ezra 4:5BSB

They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Haggai 1:15BSB

on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

Nehemiah 12:22BSB

In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.

Zechariah 1:7BSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.