דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ Dârᵉyâvêsh
Meaning
{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
In the King James Version: Darius.
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1867 (דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ)
Where it is used
- Ezra 4:24 Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Ezra 5:5 But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.
- Ezra 5:6 This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.
- Ezra 5:7 The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.
- Ezra 6:1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.
- Ezra 6:12 May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
- Ezra 6:13 In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.
- Ezra 6:14 So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
- Ezra 6:15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
- Daniel 5:31 and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
- Daniel 6:1 Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- Daniel 6:6 So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
- Daniel 6:9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
- Daniel 6:25 Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.
- Daniel 6:28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.