דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDârᵉyâvêsh
דָּֽרְיָ֫וֶשׁ: proper name, masculine: Darius
Pronunciation: daw-reh-yaw-vaysh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1867
Meanings
1. Darius Hystaspis (Ezra 4:5; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 1:15)
2. Darius Codomannus (Nehemiah 12:22)
3. 'Darius the Mede' (Daniel 9:1; Daniel 11:1)
: proper name, masculine: id.
1. Darius Hystaspis (Ezra 4:24)
2. 'Darius the Mede' (Daniel 6:1; Daniel 6:2; Daniel 6:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:5 They bribed agents to work against them and to frustrate their plans. This went on during the entire reign of King Cyrus of Persia and lasted until King Darius of Persia took the throne.
- Nehemiah 12:22 A record of the Levite families was kept during the years when Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua served as high priest. Another record of the priests was kept during the reign of Darius the Persian.
- Daniel 9:1 It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians.
- Daniel 11:1 I have been standing beside Michael to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede.)
- Haggai 1:1 On August 29 of the second year of King Darius’s reign, the Lord gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
- Haggai 1:15 on September 21 of the second year of King Darius’s reign.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).