כּוֹרֶשׁ
Kôwresh · ko'-resh
Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) כֹּרֶשׁ; from the Persians;
Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Cyrus.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 open hand that covers › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
The open hand that covers that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כּוֹרֶשׁ 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 · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of cyrus7 · 47%
- cyrus4 · 27%
- also cyrus1 · 7%
- even those did cyrus1 · 7%
- that they had of cyrus1 · 7%
- to cyrus1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
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.