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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #635 - אֶסְתֵּר

Transliteration

ʼEçtêr

Phonetics

es-tare'

Origin

of Persian derivation

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Feminine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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.

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Strong

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (54)

Esther

NAS (55)

Esther

HCS (55)

Esther

BSB (55)

Esther

ESV (55)

Esther

WEB (55)

Esther

KJV (54)

Esther

Esther's

NAS (55)

Esther

Esther's

HCS (55)

Esther

Esther's

It was Esther's

She

as Esther

how Esther

it to Esther

she

BSB (55)

And Esther

Esther

Esther's

Now Esther

She

So Esther's

Then Esther

[her]

and [she]

and she

as Esther

to Esther

toward Esther

ESV (55)

Esther

Esther's

WEB (55)

Esther

So Esther

Then Esther

according to all that Esther

again to Esther

and Esther

as Esther

for Esther

it to Esther

of Esther

out how Esther

that Esther

to Esther

where Esther

with Esther

Verse Results

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶסְתֵּר [Esther], Persia pr.n. given to a Jewish virgin, previously called Hadassah (הֲדַסָּה Esther 2:7), who was made by Xerxes, his wife and queen of Persia. The etymology is rightly given in the second Targ. on Esther 2:7 it is the Pers. ستاره sitareh, star; also fortune, felicity, Zend. stara, Sanscr. str, nom. stra, whence in the Western languages ἀστὴρ, aster, Stern, Engl. star. [“See Lassen, Ind. Biblioth. iii. 8, 18.”] This word is used by the Syrians to denote the planet Venus (see Bar Bahlûl, MS.), and we recognise the same Persic name in the Hebrew עַשְׁתֹּרֶת which see in its place. The name of Venus, and also of good fortune, was suitable enough for her, as thus chosen by the king.

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List of Word Forms

אֶסְתֵּ֑ר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר אֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶסְתֵּ֛ר אֶסְתֵּ֜ר אֶסְתֵּ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֤ר אֶסְתֵּ֥ר אֶסְתֵּ֨ר אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ אֶסְתֵּר֙ אסתר אסתר׃ וְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר ואסתר לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר לְאֶסְתֵּ֜ר לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר לְאֶסְתֵּר֙ לאסתר מֵֽאֶסְתֵּ֣ר מאסתר ’es·têr ’estêr esTer lə’estêr lə·’es·têr leesTer mê’estêr mê·’es·têr meesTer veesTer wə’estêr wə·’es·têr

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