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Cyrus in Hebrew is כּוֹרֶשׁ (kóresh).

Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.

כּוֹרֶשׁ
kóresh
name · masculine
In English

Cyrus

/ˈsaɪɹəs/

The stress falls on the vowel in colour.

English words in HebrewWords starting with C

These are the Hebrew words for Cyrus as a name.

ancient king of Persia

  • כּוֹרֶשׁכורשkóreshmasculine

male given name

  • כּוֹרֶשׁכורשkóreshmasculine

These words come before and after Cyrus in the list.

These are the questions people ask about ⁨Cyrus⁩ in Hebrew.

How do you say ⁨Cyrus⁩ in Hebrew?

⁨Cyrus⁩ in Hebrew is ⁨כּוֹרֶשׁ⁩, said kóresh. Without vowel points it is written ⁨כורש⁩.

Is ⁨כורש⁩ masculine or feminine?

The word ⁨כורש⁩ is masculine.

How is ⁨Cyrus⁩ pronounced in English?

⁨Cyrus⁩ is pronounced ⁨/ˈsaɪɹəs/⁩.

The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry Cyrus and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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