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HebrewH1868Proper Noun (Masculine)

דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ

dar.ya.vesh

9Occurrences
H1868Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1867 (דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Aramaic of dar.ya.vesh (*דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ *"Darius" H1867H) § 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) (same as dar.ya.vesh (*דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ *"Darius" H1867) (1)) 2) Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) (same as (2)) 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 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezra
9

Key Passages

Ezra 4:24BSB

Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Ezra 5:5BSB

But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

Ezra 5:6BSB

This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

Ezra 5:7BSB

The report they sent him read as follows:To King Darius:All peace.

Ezra 6:1BSB

Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

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