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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Now in the reign of [fn]Ahasuerus H325, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus H325, the Ahasuerus H325 who reigned from India to [fn]Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those days as King Ahasuerus H325 sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also held a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus H325.

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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he said for Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who attended to the presence of King Ahasuerus H325,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not do the declaration of King Ahasuerus H325 delivered by the hand of the eunuchs?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Then in the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, “Queen Vashti has committed iniquity against not only the king but also against all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the word about the queen will get out to all the women causing them to despise their husbands in their eyes by saying, ‘King Ahasuerus H325 said for Queen Vashti to be brought in to his presence, but she did not come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus H325, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is better than she.

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After these things when the wrath of King Ahasuerus H325 had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided against her.

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Now when it reached the turn of each young lady to go in to King Ahasuerus H325, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their cosmetic treatment were fulfilled as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus H325 to his royal house in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers, became furious and sought to send forth their hand against King Ahasuerus H325.

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After these things, King Ahasuerus H325 magnified Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he despised in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus H325.

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In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus H325, [fn]Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus H325, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.

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Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its tongue, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus H325 and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written what Mordecai had told concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs from those who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to send forth their hand against King Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King Ahasuerus H325 said—he said to Esther the Queen, “Who is this one, and where is this one, who fills his heart to do thus?”

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On that day King Ahasuerus H325 gave the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King Ahasuerus H325 said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the [fn]gallows because he had sent forth his hand against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus H325 and sealed it with the king’s signet ring and sent letters by the hand of couriers on horses, riding on steeds sired by the [fn]royal stud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus H325, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar).

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus H325 to send forth their hand against those who sought their calamity; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.

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Then Mordecai wrote down these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus H325, both near and far,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus H325, namely, words of peace and truth,

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Then King Ahasuerus H325 set forced labor upon the land and the coastlands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus H325 and was great among the Jews and pleasing to his many fellow brothers, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the peace of all his seed.

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In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus H325, from the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—

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