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H1868

דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ

Dârᵉyâvêsh · daw-reh-yaw-vaysh'

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

Lexicon

Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1867 (דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ)

{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

ד
Dalet
ר
Resh
י
Yod
ו
Vav
ש
Shin
  1. דDalet4

    Picture: tent door hanging down

    Concrete
    door · curtain · entrance
    Extended
    a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
  2. רResh200

    Picture: a human head

    Concrete
    head · face · person
    Extended
    first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
  3. יYod10

    Picture: arm and closed hand

    Concrete
    hand · arm · work
    Extended
    a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
  4. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
  5. 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

15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • darius7 · 47%
  • of darius3 · 20%
  • and darius2 · 13%
  • to darius1 · 7%
  • unto darius1 · 7%
  • to that which darius1 · 7%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ4דָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙1דָּרְיָ֣וֶשׁ1דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ1לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁ1דָּרְיָ֑וֶשׁ1דָּרְיָ֧וֶשׁ1דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ1וְדָרְיָ֔וֶשׁ1לְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁ1וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙1דָּרְיָ֖וֶשׁ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance