Lexicon Ester: "star," Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr. Original Word: אֶסְתֵּרPart of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Transliteration: Ester Phonetic Spelling: (es-tare') Short Definition: Esther NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof foreign origin Definition"star," Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr. NASB TranslationEsther (52), Esther's (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אֶסְתֵּר proper name, feminine Esther (Persian stâra, star) — daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of tribe of Benjamin; made queen in Vashti's place by Ahasuerus; her Jewish name הֲדַסָּת q. v. Esther 2:7,8,10,11,15 (twice in verse); Esther 2:16,17 47t. Esther. Strong's Esther Of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine -- Esther. |
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