Ahasuerus
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁStrong’s H0325achashverosh (a-chash-ve-rosh)
Appears in 30 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achashverosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “ahasuerus”. It appears in 30 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.6; married to Vashti (H2060)
How it's translated
- ahasuerus 31
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 28
- Ezra 1
- Daniel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 4:6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
- Esther 1:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
- Esther 1:2That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
- Esther 1:9Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 1:10On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
- Esther 1:15What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
Hebrew dictionary
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ achashverosh · Ahasuerus
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.6; married to Vashti (H2060); father of: Darius (H1868H) § Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor" title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.