דָּרְיָוֶשׁ daryavesh

Hebrew word for “Darius” · Strong’s H1868 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.5;

Senses in the lexicon

• Darius (9)
• Darius (6)

How it is translated

Glosses given for daryavesh in context, with how often each is used:

• darius 15

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 6 (5), Daniel 6 (5), Ezra 5 (3), Ezra 4 (1), Daniel 5 (1)

Forms

• דריושׁ 11
• לדריושׁ 2
• ודריושׁ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with daryavesh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 11
• דִּי di “that” 8
• אֱדַיִן edayin “then” 6
• מַלְכוּ malkhu “kingdom” 5
• דְּנָה denah “this” 5
• שְׁלַח shelach “to send” 4
• עַל al “since” 5
• בַּיִת bayit “house” 4
• שְׁנָה shenah “year” 3
• כֹּל kol “all” 4
• אֱלָהּ elah “god” 4
• טְעֵם teem “command” 3

Key verses

The verses using daryavesh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ezra 4:24 — Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
• Ezra 5:5 — But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned…
• Ezra 5:6 — The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the…
• Ezra 6:1 — Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which…
• Ezra 6:13 — Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
• Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and…
• Ezra 6:15 — And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
• Daniel 5:31 — And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
• Daniel 6:1 — It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
• Daniel 6:6 — Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
• Daniel 6:25 — Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.