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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

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

Translation
Occurrences:
Esther ( 55 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.