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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits,[fn] and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him—you will surely come to ruin!”
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