Strong's Number 1868
Transliteration:
Dar@yavesh (Aramaic)
{daw-reh-yaw-vaysh'}
Word Origin:
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Darius 15
Total: 15
Definition:
Darius = "lord"
- Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC) (same as 1867 (1))
- Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC) (same as 1867 (2))
- Darius II or Darius III
- Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3 - 405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah
- Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336 - 330 BC)