דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ
Dârᵉyâvêsh · daw-reh-yaw-vaysh'
Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
Lexicon
Derivation: of Persian origin;
Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Darius.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy
The doorway, the way in of the head, the highest of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of darius9 · 90%
- darius1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.