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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Strong's #325 - אֲחַשֵׁרֹשׁ

Transliteration

ʼĂchashvêrôwsh

Phonetics

akh-ash-vay-rosh', akh-ash-rosh'

Origin

of Persian origin

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"
1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

BSB (30)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

CSB (30)

Ezra 1

Esther 28

Daniel 1

ESV (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

KJV (30)

Ezra 1

Esther 28

Daniel 1

LEB (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

LSB (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

N95 (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

NAS (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (31)

Ezra 1

Esther 29

Daniel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֺשׁ proper name, masculine Ahasuerus = Xerxes (Persian Khshayârshâ = mighty + eye or man, see Spieg^{l. with 216}; in Aramaic חשיארש, CIS^{II. i. 122} [ B.C. 481]) king of Persia Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1 (twice in verse); Esther 1:2,9,10 18t. Esther + Esther 10:1 Qr (Kt אחשׁרשׁ); אֲחַשְׁוֵרשׁ Esther 1:16; Esther 2:21; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:7,10; also Daniel 9:1 where made father of 'Darius the Mede,' compare Meinh.

List of Word Forms

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