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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 - However, he restrained himself and went on home.
Then Haman gathered together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - So Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.”
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