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Lexicon :: Strong's H2238 - zereš

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זֶרֶשׁ
Transliteration
zereš
Pronunciation
zeh'-resh
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian origin
Strong’s Definitions

זֶרֶשׁ Zeresh, zeh'-resh; of Persian origin; Zeresh, Haman's wife:—Zeresh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2238 in the following manner: Zeresh (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2238 in the following manner: Zeresh (4x).

  1. Zeresh = "gold"

    1. the wife of Haman, the Agagite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זֶרֶשׁ Zeresh, zeh'-resh; of Persian origin; Zeresh, Haman's wife:—Zeresh.
STRONGS H2238: Abbreviations
† זֶ֫רֶשׁ proper name, feminine wife of Haman Esther 5:10, 14; Esther 6:13 (twice in verse) (according to OppEsth. 25 = Persian zaris, Zend zairis, la dorée, compare bdb028408 aurum ductile, Vullii. 128 b; JenVOJ, 1892, 64 compare Elamite goddess Kiriša).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

5:10; 5:14; 6:13

H2238

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Strong's Number H2238 matches the Hebrew זֶרֶשׁ (zereš),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows[fn] fifty cubits[fn] high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”
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