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Darda in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

dar'-da (darda`, "pearl of wisdom"): One of the wise men to whom Solomon is compared (1 Ki 4:31). He was either a son of Mahol (ibid.) or a son of Zerah, son of Judah (1 Ch 2:6, where the corresponding name in the same list is given as DARA). In rabbinic lore the name has been interpreted as dor dea, "the generation of knowledge"--the generati...

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Cush in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(black), a Benjamite mentioned only in the title to Ps 7:1 He was probably a follower of Saul, the head of his tribe. (B.C. 1061)....

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Cyrenius in Naves Topical Bible

Governor of Syria when Jesus was born Lu 2:2...

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Cyrus in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. Ko'resh), the celebrated "King of Persia" (Elam) who was conqueror of Babylon, and issued the decree of liberation to the Jews (Ezra 1:1, 2). He was the son of Cambyses, the prince of Persia, and was born about B.C. 599. In the year B.C. 559 he became king of Persia, the kingdom of Media being added to it partly by conquest. Cyrus w...

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Dan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

judgment; he that judges...

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Darda in Hitchcock's Bible Names

home of knowledge...

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Cush in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(black), a Benjamite mentioned only in the title to Ps 7:1 He was probably a follower of Saul, the head of his tribe. (B.C. 1061)....

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Cyrenius in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(warrior), the Greek form of the Roman name of Quirinus. The full name is Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. He was consul B.C. 12, and was made governor of Syria after the banishment of Archelaus in A.D. 6. He probably was twice governor of Syria; his first governorship extended from B.C. 4 (the year of Christ's birth) to B.C. 1. It was during this ...

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Cyrus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Koresh, from the Persian kohr "the sun," as Pharaoh from phrah "the sun." Founder of the Persian empire. Represented as the son of Mandane, who was daughter of Astyages last king of Media, and married to Cambyses a Persian of the family of the Achaemenidae. Astyages, because of a dream, directed Harpagus his favorite to have the child Cyrus de...

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Daniel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

dan'-yel (daniye'l, dani'-el, "God is my judge"; Daniel): (1) One of the sons of David (1 Ch 3:1). (2) A Levite of the family of Ithamar (Ezr 8:2; Neh 10:6). (3) A prophet of the time of Nebuchadnezzar and Cyrus, the hero and author of the Book of Daniel. 1. Early Life: We know nothing of the early life of Daniel, except what is recorded in the b...

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