Hebrew - English Dictionary
H635 - Esther
Strong's No.: | H635 |
Hebrew: | אֶסְתֵּר |
Transliteration: | ʼEçtêr |
Phonetic: | es-tare' |
Word Origin: | Of Persian derivation |
Bible Usage: | Esther. |
Part of Speech: | Proper Name Feminine |
Strongs Definition: | {Ester} the Jewish heroine |
Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | Esther = "star" 1. the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther - daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti. |
Bible References:
Esther |
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Translation Occurrences: |
Esther ( 55 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.