{"def":{"lit":"posses thou the furnace","short":"Koresh (or Cyrus), the Persian king","long":["the king of Persia and conqueror of Babylon; first ruler of Persia to make a decree allowing the Israelite exiles to return to Jerusalem"]},"deriv":"or (Ezra 1:1 (last time),2) כֹּרֶשׁ; from the Persian","pronun":{"ipa":"koˈrɛʃ","ipa_mod":"ko̞wˈʁɛʃ","sbl":"kôreš","dic":"koh-RESH","dic_mod":"koh-RESH"}}