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H3567

כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ

ko.reshN:N-M-P

Cyrus

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) § 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

כּ֫וֺרֶשׁ9 proper name, masculine Cyrus (Biblical Hebrew id.); — Dan 6:28; Ezra 5:13 + 6 t. Ezra.

[כִּכַּר], כִּכְּ רִין see כרר. כֹּל see כלל.

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