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Monday, May 20th, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8657 - תֶּרֶשׁ

Transliteration

Teresh

Phonetics

teh'-resh

Root Word (Etymology)

of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Teresh = “strictness”

1) one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Esther 2

NAS (2)

Esther 2

HCS (2)

Esther 2

BSB (2)

Esther 2

ESV (2)

Esther 2

WEB (2)

Esther 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

תֶּ֫רֶשׁ proper name, masculine eunuch at court of Ahasuerus (Scheft⁵⁸ compare Old Iranian tarša, 'Begierde,' used as proper name in New Persian); — Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2; Θαρ(ρ)ας.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

תֶּרֶשׁ [Teresh], pr.n. Pers. (ترش “severe,” “austere”) of a eunuch in the court of Xerxes, Esther 2:21, 6:2.

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List of Word Forms

וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ וָתֶ֜רֶשׁ ותרש vaTeresh wā·ṯe·reš wāṯereš