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Daniel 6:1

“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁDârᵉyâvêsh · daw-reh-yaw-vaysh'
H1868 · Aramaic

Definition: {Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H1867 (דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ)
KJV renderings: Darius.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
דָרְיָ֨וֶשׁ֙ — proper noun
Code AC/Np
Usage: Occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:24 Ezra 5:5 Ezra 5:6 Ezra 5:7 Ezra 6:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ here.

Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.