Strong's H3566 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כּוֹרֶשׁ (Kôwresh)

Pronunciation: ko'-resh

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Cyrus = "posses thou the furnace"

Derivation: or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) כֹּרֶשׁ (Kôresh); from the Persians;

Definition: Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king

KJV Renderings: Cyrus.

Senses

1. the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.