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Darius is an English-rendered masculine given name of Persian origin, derived from the original name Dariush (Persian: داریوش). Origin and meaning [ edit ]
Tattenai (or Tatnai or Sisinnes; Hebrew: תַּתְּנַי Tattǝnay; Akkadian: 𒋫𒀜𒄨𒉡 Tâttannu or 𒋺𒄨𒉡 Tattannu) was a Biblical character and was a Persian governor of the province west of the Euphrates River during the time of Zerubbabel and the reign of Darius I.
' good '), meaning holding firm the good. [1] Within the Achaemenid dynasty, three rulers of the Persian Empire held the name: Darius the Great (or Darius I), Darius II, and Darius III. It went on to enjoy considerable popularity as a given name among Persian noblemen in later periods.
[26] [24] The original Douay-Rheims Bible claims that Darius the Mede was another name for Astyages. [27] [28] "Cyaxares II". The Greek writer Xenophon tells of a Median king called Cyaxares who was the son of Astyages; [29] Xenophon is not generally given credence by historians, and he does not, in any case, say that this alleged Cyaxares ...
Darius I (Old Persian: 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁 Dārayavaʰuš; c. 550 – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
The name "Mordecai" is of uncertain origin but is considered identical to the name Marduka or Marduku (Elamite: 𒈥𒁺𒋡), attested as the name of up to four Persian court officials in thirty texts (the Persepolis Administrative Archives) from the period of Xerxes I and his father Darius. [12] [13]
One of the three prophets from the post-exilic period, Zechariah's prophecies took place during the reign of Darius the Great. [1]Chapters 1–8 of the book are contemporary with the prophecies of Haggai, [2] while chapters 9–14 (often termed Second Zechariah) are thought to have been written much later—in the 5th century, during the late Persian or early Ptolemaic period. [3]
The name of Hystaspes occurs in the inscriptions at Persepolis and in the Behistun Inscription, where the full lineage of Darius the Great is given: [10] King Darius says: My father is Hystaspes; the father of Hystaspes was Arsames; the father of Arsames was Ariaramnes; the father of Ariaramnes was Teispes; the father of Teispes was Achaemenes ...