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Ezra 1

Ezra 1:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Even those did Cyrus
Kowresh (Hebrew #3566)
from the Persians; Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king
KJV usage: Cyrus.
Pronounce: ko'-resh
Origin: or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) Koresh {ko'-resh}
king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of Persia
Parac (Hebrew #6539)
Paras (i.e. Persia), an Eastern country, including its inhabitants
KJV usage: Persia, Persians.
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: of foreign origin
bring forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
by the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of Mithredath
Mithrdath (Hebrew #4990)
Mithredath, the name of two Persians
KJV usage: Mithredath.
Pronounce: mith-red-awth'
Origin: of Persian origin
the treasurer
gizbar (Hebrew #1489)
treasurer
KJV usage: treasurer.
Pronounce: ghiz-bawr'
Origin: of foreign derivation
, and numbered
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
them unto Sheshbazzar
Sheshbatstsar (Hebrew #8339)
Sheshbatstsar, Zerubbabel's Persian name
KJV usage: Sheshbazzar.
Pronounce: shaysh-bats-tsar'
Origin: of foreign derivation
, the prince
nasiy' (Hebrew #5387)
from 5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
KJV usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Pronounce: naw-see'
Origin: or nasi8 {naw-see'}
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
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More on:

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Cyrus,
Judah,
King,
Mithredath,
Persia; Persians,
Prince; Princess,
Sheshbazzar

Cross References

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Sheshbazzar.
Ezra 1:11• 11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. The whole did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:11)
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Ezra 5:14,16• 14And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was at Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did king Cyrus take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one Sheshbazzar by name, whom he had appointed governor.
 16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and since that time even until now has it been in building, and it is not completed. (Ezra 5:14,16)
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Hag. 1:1,14• 1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
 14And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked at the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God, (Hag. 1:1,14)
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Hag. 2:2‑4• 2Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
 3Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes?
 4But now be strong, Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:2‑4)
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Zech. 4:6‑10• 6And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 7Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou dost become a plain; and he shall bring forth the head-stone with shoutings: Grace, grace unto it!
 8And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
 9The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.
 10For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice even those seven--and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth. (Zech. 4:6‑10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzara the prince of Judah.

JND Translation Notes

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This appears to be the Chaldean name of Zerubbabel, which may mean, "Born in Babylon."