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Ahasuerus

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁStrong’s H0325

achashverosh (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;”
Daniel 9:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. 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.

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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.