Esther
אֶסְתֵּרStrong’s H0635ester (es-ter)
Appears in 45 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ester is the Hebrew word usually translated “esther”, “o esther” and “from esther”. It appears in 45 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7
How it's translated
- esther 40
- to esther 11
- o esther 2
- from esther 1
- and esther 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 45
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 2:8So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
- Esther 2:10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
- Esther 2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
- Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
- Esther 2:16So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
- Esther 2:17And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Hebrew dictionary
אֶסְתֵּר ester · Esther
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7; daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7; Also named: ha.das.sah (הֲדַסָּה "Hadassah" H1919) § 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.
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.