How many times is Darius mentioned in the Bible?
The word Darius appears 25 times in the King James Version, in 25 verses. It is found in 5 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Darius 25 times.
Darius in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Darius counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Darius | 25 | 25 |
| Total | 25 | 25 |
What the name Darius means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Darius as "he that informs himself".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
First and last mention of Darius
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.
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Common questions
How many times is Darius in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 25 of the 25 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Darius appears in 5 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Ezra has the most (10), then Daniel (8) and Haggai (3).
Where is Darius first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is 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." The last is Zechariah 7:1.
What does the name Darius mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Darius as "he that informs himself".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.