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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4825 - מֶרֶס

Transliteration

Mereç

Phonetics

meh'-res

Root Word (Etymology)

of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Meres = “lofty”

1) one of the 7 counsellors of Ahasuerus

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

Esther 1

NAS (1)

Esther 1

HCS (1)

Esther 1

BSB (1)

Esther 1

ESV (1)

Esther 1

WEB (1)

Esther 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶ֫רֶס proper name, masculine a Persian noble Esther 1:14.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מֶרֶס [Meres], pr.n. of a Persian prince, Esther 1:14 (according to Bohlen برز lofty). [“Compare Sansc. mârsha, worthy; from the root mrish; Zend. meresh. Benfey.”]

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List of Word Forms

מֶ֥רֶס מרס me·res meres