Zeresh
זֶ֫רֶשׁStrong’s H2238zeresh (ze-resh)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zeresh is the Hebrew word usually translated “zeresh”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.5.10; married to Haman (H2001)
How it's translated
- zeresh 2
- to zeresh 1
- and zeresh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esther 6:13And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
Hebrew dictionary
זֶ֫רֶשׁ zeresh · Zeresh
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.5.10; married to Haman (H2001) § Zeresh = "gold" the wife of Haman, the Agagite
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.