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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"- 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.