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Lexicon :: Strong's H325 - 'ăḥašvērôš

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אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
Transliteration
'ăḥašvērôš
Pronunciation
akh-ash-vay-rosh'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian origin
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ʼĂchashvêrôwsh, akh-ash-vay-rosh'; or (shortened) אַחַשְׁרֹשׁ ʼAchashrôsh (Esther 10:1); of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king:—Ahasuerus.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H325 in the following manner: Ahasuerus (31x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H325 in the following manner: Ahasuerus (31x).

  1. Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

    1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ʼĂchashvêrôwsh, akh-ash-vay-rosh'; or (shortened) אַחַשְׁרֹשׁ ʼAchashrôsh (Esther 10:1); of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king:—Ahasuerus.
STRONGS H325: Abbreviations
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֺשׁ proper name, masculine Ahasuerus = Xerxes (Persian Khshatřârshâ = mighty + eye or man, see Spiegl. with 216; in Aramaic חשיארש, CISII. i. 122 [B.C. 481]) king of Persia Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1 (twice in verse); Esther 1:2, 9, 10 + 18 times Esther + Esther 10:1 Qr (Kt אחשׁרשׁ); אֲחַשְׁוֵרשׁ Esther 1:16; Esther 2:21; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:7, 10; also Daniel 9:1 where made father of 'Darius the Mede,' compare Meinh.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:6

Esther

1:1; 1:2; 1:9; 1:10; 1:16; 2:21; 3:12; 8:7; 8:10; 10:1

Daniel

9:1

H325

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Strong's Number H325 matches the Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ('ăḥašvērôš),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - And in the reign H4438 of Ahasuerus, H325 in the beginning H8462 of his reign, H4438 wrote H3789 they unto him an accusation H7855 against the inhabitants H3427 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days H3117 of Ahasuerus, H325 (this is Ahasuerus H325 which reigned, H4427 from India H1912 even unto Ethiopia, H3568 over an hundred H3967 and seven H7651 and twenty H6242 provinces:) H4082

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - That in those days, H3117 when the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 on the throne H3678 of his kingdom, H4438 which was in Shushan H7800 the palace, H1002

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Also Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 made H6213 a feast H4960 for the women H802 in the royal H4438 house H1004 which belonged to king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh H7637 day, H3117 when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was merry H2896 with wine, H3196 he commanded H559 Mehuman, H4104 Biztha, H968 Harbona, H2726 Bigtha, H903 and Abagtha, H5 Zethar, H2242 and Carcas, H3752 the seven H7651 chamberlains H5631 that served H8334 in the presence H6440 of Ahasuerus H325 the king, H4428

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - What shall we do H6213 unto the queen H4436 Vashti H2060 according to law, H1881 because she hath not performed H6213 the commandment H3982 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 by H3027 the chamberlains? H5631

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And Memucan H4462 answered H559 before H6440 the king H4428 and the princes, H8269 Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 hath not done wrong H5753 to the king H4428 only, but also to all the princes, H8269 and to all the people H5971 that are in all the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - For this deed H1697 of the queen H4436 shall come abroad H3318 unto all women, H802 so that they shall despise H959 their husbands H1167 in their eyes, H5869 when it shall be reported, H559 The king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 commanded H559 Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 to be brought in H935 before H6440 him, but she came H935 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it please H2895 the king, H4428 let there go H3318 a royal H4438 commandment H1697 from him, H6440 and let it be written H3789 among the laws H1881 of the Persians H6539 and the Medes, H4074 that it be not altered, H5674 That Vashti H2060 come H935 no more before H6440 king H4428 Ahasuerus; H325 and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal estate H4438 unto another H7468 that is better H2896 than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After H310 these things, H1697 when the wrath H2534 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was appeased, H7918 he remembered H2142 Vashti, H2060 and what she had done, H6213 and what was decreed H1504 against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when every maid's H5291 turn H8447 was come H5060 to go in H935 to king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 after H7093 that she had been twelve H8147 H6240 months, H2320 according to the manner H1881 of the women, H802 (for so were the days H3117 of their purifications H4795 accomplished, H4390 to wit, six H8337 months H2320 with oil H8081 of myrrh, H4753 and six H8337 months H2320 with sweet odours, H1314 and with other things for the purifying H8562 of the women;) H802

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther H635 was taken H3947 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 into his house H1004 royal H4438 in the tenth H6224 month, H2320 which is the month H2320 Tebeth, H2887 in the seventh H7651 year H8141 of his reign. H4438

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, H3117 while Mordecai H4782 sat H3427 in the king's H4428 gate, H8179 two H8147 of the king's H4428 chamberlains, H5631 Bigthan H904 and Teresh, H8657 of those which kept H8104 the door, H5592 were wroth, H7107 and sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After H310 these things H1697 did king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 promote H1431 Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite, H91 and advanced H5375 him, and set H7760 his seat H3678 above all the princes H8269 that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - And he thought H5869 scorn H959 to lay H7971 hands H3027 on Mordecai H4782 alone; for they had shewed H5046 him the people H5971 of Mordecai: H4782 wherefore Haman H2001 sought H1245 to destroy H8045 all the Jews H3064 that were throughout the whole kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus, H325 even the people H5971 of Mordecai. H4782

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first H7223 month, H2320 that is, the month H2320 Nisan, H5212 in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 they cast H5307 Pur, H6332 that is, the lot, H1486 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day, H3117 and from month H2320 to month, H2320 to the twelfth H8147 H6240 month, that is, the month H2320 Adar. H143

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And Haman H2001 said H559 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 There is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered abroad H6340 and dispersed H6504 among the people H5971 in all the provinces H4082 of thy kingdom; H4438 and their laws H1881 are diverse H8138 from all people; H5971 neither keep H6213 they the king's H4428 laws: H1881 therefore it is not for the king's H4428 profit H7737 to suffer H3240 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then were the king's H4428 scribes H5608 called H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month, H2320 and there was written H3789 according to all that Haman H2001 had commanded H6680 unto the king's H4428 lieutenants, H323 and to the governors H6346 that were over every province, H4082 and to the rulers H8269 of every people H5971 of every province H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof, and to every people H5971 after their language; H3956 in the name H8034 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was it written, H3789 and sealed H2856 with the king's H4428 ring. H2885

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found H4672 written, H3789 that Mordecai H4782 had told H5046 of Bigthana H904 and Teresh, H8657 two H8147 of the king's H4428 chamberlains, H5631 the keepers H8104 of the door, H5592 who sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 answered H559 and said H559 unto Esther H635 the queen, H4436 Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume H4390 in his heart H3820 to do H6213 so?

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that day H3117 did the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 give H5414 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 the Jews' H3064 enemy H6887 unto Esther H635 the queen. H4436 And Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king; H4428 for Esther H635 had told H5046 what he was unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - Then the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew, H3064 Behold, I have given H5414 Esther H635 the house H1004 of Haman, H2001 and him they have hanged H8518 upon the gallows, H6086 because he laid H7971 his hand H3027 upon the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote H3789 in the king H4428 Ahasuerus' H325 name, H8034 and sealed H2856 it with the king's H4428 ring, H2885 and sent H7971 letters H5612 by H3027 posts H7323 on horseback, H5483 and riders H7392 on mules, H7409 camels, H327 and young H1121 dromedaries: H7424

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - Upon one H259 day H3117 in all the provinces H4082 of king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 namely, upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month, H2320 which is the month H2320 Adar. H143

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews H3064 gathered themselves together H6950 in their cities H5892 throughout all the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on such as sought H1245 their hurt: H7451 and no man H376 could withstand H5975 them; H6440 for the fear H6343 of them fell H5307 upon all people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mordecai H4782 wrote H3789 these things, H1697 and sent H7971 letters H5612 unto all the Jews H3064 that were in all the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 both nigh H7138 and far, H7350

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent H7971 the letters H5612 unto all the Jews, H3064 to the hundred H3967 twenty H6242 and seven H7651 provinces H4082 of the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus, H325 with words H1697 of peace H7965 and truth, H571

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 laid H7760 a tribute H4522 upon the land, H776 and upon the isles H339 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - For Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 was next H4932 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 and great H1419 among the Jews, H3064 and accepted H7521 of the multitude H7230 of his brethren, H251 seeking H1875 the wealth H2896 of his people, H5971 and speaking H1696 peace H7965 to all his seed. H2233

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first H259 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the son H1121 of Ahasuerus, H325 of the seed H2233 of the Medes, H4074 which was made king H4427 over the realm H4438 of the Chaldeans; H3778
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