Bible Names

Darius: meaning of the name

Darius means “he that informs himself.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Darius in Hebrew and Greek

דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ H1867

Dârᵉyâvêsh (daw-reh-yaw-vaysh') — Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings

of Persian origin;

דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ H1868

Dârᵉyâvêsh (daw-reh-yaw-vaysh') — {Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}

(Aramaic) corresponding to H1867 (דָּֽרְיָוֵשׁ)

People named Darius in the Bible

Darius in Scripture

“Darius” appears in 25 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Ezra 4:5

    And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  • Ezra 4:24

    Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

  • Ezra 5:5

    But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

  • Ezra 5:6

    The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

  • Ezra 5:7

    They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

  • Ezra 6:1

    Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

  • Ezra 6:12

    And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

  • Ezra 6:13

    Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar–boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.