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Lexicon :: Strong's H8657 - tereš

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תֶּרֶשׁ
Transliteration
tereš
Pronunciation
teh'-resh
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

תֶּרֶשׁ Teresh, teh'-resh; of foreign derivation; Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Teresh.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8657 in the following manner: Teresh (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8657 in the following manner: Teresh (2x).
  1. Teresh = "strictness"

    1. one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֶּרֶשׁ Teresh, teh'-resh; of foreign derivation; Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Teresh.
STRONGS H8657: Abbreviations
תֶּ֫רֶשׁ proper name, masculine eunuch at court of Ahasuerus (Scheft58 compare Old Iranian tarša, 'Begierde,' used as proper name in New Persian); — Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2; Θαρ(ρ)ας.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

2:21; 6:2

H8657

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8657 matches the Hebrew תֶּרֶשׁ (tereš),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthana[fn] and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king’s private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king’s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.
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