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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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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 - And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote to him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it pleaseth the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when every maid's turn had come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - And he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shown him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, (that is, the month Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written, that Mordecai had informed of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that day the king Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus's name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which 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 the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent the letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
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