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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֶסְתֵּר

אֶסְתֵּר

H635

Transliteration: ʼEçtêr

Pronunciation: es-tare'

Definition: Esther


Original: אסתּר

Transliteration: 'estêr

Phonetic: es-tare'

BDB 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.

Origin: of Persian derivation

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Feminine


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