1. Cyrus (king of Persia) — The proper name Koresh (כּוֹרֶשׁ), referring to Cyrus II ('the Great'), king of Persia (r. 559-530 BCE), who conquered Babylon and issued the decree permitting the Jewish exiles to return and rebuild the Temple. All 15 occurrences refer to this single historical figure, appearing in 2 Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-8, 3:7, 4:3,5, 5:13-17, 6:3,14, Isaiah 44:28, 45:1, and Daniel 1:21, 6:28, 10:1. English renders as Cyrus/Koresh; Spanish Ciro/Koresh; Hindi कोरेश (Koresh); Arabic كُورَشُ (Kurash); Korean 고레스 (Goreseu); Swahili Koreshi. Both clusters denote the same king — transliteration differences (Koresh vs. Cyrus) are merely rendering conventions, not distinct referents. 15×
AR["كُورَشَ","كُورَشُ","لِ-كُورَشَ","لِـ-كُورَشَ","لِكُورَشَ"]·ben["-কোরশকে","-কোরসের","-কোরেশের","কোরশকে","কোরসের","কোরেশ","কোরেশের"]·DE["Koresch","Kyrus","[כרש]","[לכורש]","fuer-Koresch","zu-Kyrus"]·EN["Cyrus","Koresh","of-Cyrus","of-Koresh","to-Koresh"]·FR["Cyrus","[לכורש]","zu-Cyrus"]·heb["כורש","כורש ׀","כרש","ל-כורש"]·HI["के-कोरेश","कोरेश","कोरेश-के","कोरेश-को","कोरेश-ने","कोरेश-से","कोरेशने","से-कोरेश"]·ID["Kores","Koresh","Koresy","kepada-Koresh","tentang-Koresh"]·IT["Ciro","[לכורש]","a-Ciro"]·jav["Kores","Korès","dhateng-Kores","kang-ratu","saking-Kores","saking-Koresy"]·KO["고레스","고레스-의","고레스에게","에-고레스"]·PT["Koresh","a-Koresh","de-Ciro","de-Koresh"]·RU["Кир","Кира","Кореш","Кореша","Корешу","у-Кореша"]·ES["Ciro","Koresh","a-Ciro","de-Ciro","de-Koresh"]·SW["Koreshi","kwa-Koreshi","kּworesh","lkworesh","wa-Koreshi","ya-Koreshi","za-Koreshi"]·TR["Kores","Kores'e","Koresin","Koreş","Koreş'in","Koreş'in-"]·urd["خورس","خورس-سے","خورس-کو","خورس-کی","خورس-کے","لے-کورش-کے","کورش","کورش-نے","کے-خورس"]
2 Chr 36:22, 2 Chr 36:22, 2 Chr 36:23, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:2, Ezra 1:7, Ezra 1:8, Ezra 3:7, Ezra 4:3, Ezra 4:5, Isa 44:28 (+3 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ and (Ezr 1:1, 2) כֹּ֫רֶשׁ n.pr.m. Cyrus (Pers. Kʾurʾu, SpiegAPK 215; Bab. Kuraš COT on Ezr 1:1, Dl in Baer Dn. p. x)—king of (Anzan = Susiana, Tiele Bab.-Assyr. Gesch. 469, and) Persia, conqueror of Babylon (Tiele ib; 468 ff.), restorer of Jews to Palestine Is 44:28; 45:1 Ezr 1:7; called מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס 2 Ch 36:22(×2), 23 Ezr 1:1(×2), 2 also Ezr 1:8; 4:3, 5 Dn 10:1; simply הַמֶּלֶךְ Dn 1:21.