Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Ahasuerusprince; head; chief
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Ahasuerus(lion-king), the name of one Median and two Persian kings mentioned in the Old Testament.
- In (Daniel 9:1) Ahasuerus is said to be the father of Darius the Mede. [DARIUS] This first Ahasuerus is Cyaxares, the conqueror of Nineveh. (Began to reign B.C. 634.)
- The Ahasuerus king of Persia, referred to in (Ezra 4:6) must be Cambyses, thought to be Cyrus' successor, and perhaps his son. (B.C. 529.)
- The third is the Ahasuerus of the book of Esther. This Ahasuerus is probably Xerxes of history, (Esther 1:1) (B.C. 485), and this conclusion is fortified by the resemblance of character and by certain chronological indications, the account of his life and character agreeing with the book of Esther In the third year of Ahaseuerus was held a great feast and assembly in Shushan the palace, (Esther 1:3) following a council held to consider the invasion of Greece. He divorced his queen Vashti for refusing to appear in public at this banquet, and married, four years afterwards, the Jewess Esther, cousin and ward of Mordecai. Five years after this, Haman, one of his counsellors, having been slighted by Mordecai, prevailed upon the king to order the destruction of all the Jews in the empire. But before the day appointed for the massacre, Esther and Mordecai influenced the king to put Haman to death and to give the Jews the right of self-Defence.
ATS Bible Dictionary
AhasuerusA royal title, common to several Median and Persian kings named in Scripture.
1. The father of Dares the Mede, Daniel 9:1. The most probable opinion is that the name here designates Astyages, the grandfather of Cyrus. See below, and DARIUS I.
2. Mentioned Ezra 4:6, the son and successor of Cyrus; probably Cambyses, who reigned seven and a half years from B. C. 529.
3. The husband of Esther, most probably Xerxes. Commentators have been much divided, and have understood under this name all the Persian kings in succession. But the other kings of Persia are all mentioned in Scripture by their own names, or at least definitely pointed out; while Xerxes is not mentioned, unless under this name. Besides, recent researches show that Hebrew word for Ahasuerus is readily formed from the Persian name of Xerxes, the name Xerxes being only a Greek corruption of the Persian. See ESTHER.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture.
(1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king of Media and the conqueror of Nineveh.
(2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 4:6, probably the Cambyses of profane history, the son and successor of Cyrus (B.C. 529).
(3.) The son of Darius Hystaspes, the king named in the Book of Esther. He ruled over the kingdoms of Persia, Media, and Babylonia, "from India to Ethiopia." This was in all probability the Xerxes of profane history, who succeeded his father Darius (B.C. 485). In the LXX. version of the Book of Esther the name Artaxerxes occurs for Ahasuerus. He reigned for twenty-one years (B.C. 486-465). He invaded Greece with an army, it is said, of more than 2,000,000 soldiers, only 5,000 of whom returned with him. Leonidas, with his famous 300, arrested his progress at the Pass of Thermopylae, and then he was defeated disastrously by Themistocles at Salamis. It was after his return from this invasion that Esther was chosen as his queen.
Strong's Hebrew
8657. Teresh -- a eunuch of Ahasuerus... 8656, 8657. Teresh. 8658 . a eunuch of
Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Teresh
Phonetic Spelling: (teh'-resh) Short Definition: Teresh.
... /hebrew/8657.htm - 5k 5. Abagtha -- a eunuch of Ahasuerus
... 4, 5. Abagtha. 6 . a eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Abagtha Phonetic
Spelling: (ab-ag-thaw') Short Definition: Abagtha. Word ...
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904. Bigthan -- a eunuch of Ahasuerus
... 903, 904. Bigthan or Bigthana. 905 . a eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration:
Bigthan or Bigthana Phonetic Spelling: (big-thawn') Short Definition: Bigthan. ...
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1896a. Hege -- eunuch of Ahasuerus
... eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Hege Short Definition: Hegai. Word Origin
of foreign origin Definition eunuch of Ahasuerus NASB Word Usage Hegai (4). ...
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903. Bigtha -- a eunuch of Ahasuerus
... 902, 903. Bigtha. 904 . a eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Bigtha
Phonetic Spelling: (big-thaw') Short Definition: Bigtha. ...
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2726. Charbona -- eunuch of Ahasuerus
... Charbona or Charbonah. 2727 . eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Charbona or
Charbonah Phonetic Spelling: (khar-bo-naw') Short Definition: Harbona. ...
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3752. Karkas -- a eunuch of Ahasuerus
... 3751, 3752. Karkas. 3753 . a eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Karkas
Phonetic Spelling: (kar-kas') Short Definition: Carkas. ...
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2001b. Haman -- a Pers. leader serving under Ahasuerus
... a Pers. leader serving under Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Haman Short Definition:
Haman. ... leader serving under Ahasuerus NASB Word Usage Haman (50), Haman's (4). ...
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635. Ester -- "star," Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr.
... 634, 635. Ester. 636 . "star," Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr. ... Word Origin
of foreign origin Definition "star," Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr. ...
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968. Bizzetha -- a eunuch of Ahasuerus
... 967, 968. Bizzetha. 969 . a eunuch of Ahasuerus. Transliteration: Bizzetha
Phonetic Spelling: (biz-thaw') Short Definition: Biztha. ...
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Library
The Net Spread
... THE BOOK OF ESTHER THE NET SPREAD. 'After these things did king Ahasuerus promote
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net spread.htm
In the Days of Queen Esther
... The Lord foresaw the troublous times that were to follow during the reign of
Xerxes,"the Ahasuerus of the book of Esther,"and He not only wrought a change ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 49 in the days.htm
The Net Broken
... 7. Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew,
Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net broken.htm
Esther Before the King.
... ESTHER BEFORE THE KING. Ahasuerus reigned over the vast empire of Persia, and
Esther, the adopted daughter of a Jew named Mordecai, was Queen. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/esther before the king.htm
Esther's Venture
... And what a glimpse into their heart-emptiness and degradation of sacred ties is
given in the fact that Esther the queen had not seen Ahasuerus for a month ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/esthers venture.htm
The Restoration.
... The Story of Esther. King Ahasuerus of the book of Esther is thought to
be Xerxes the Great. On ... Dan. ch.6, and of Ahasuerus, Esth. ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xvi the restoration.htm
Appendix. The Apocryphal Books of the Old Testament.
... in the canonical Esther"a dream of Mordecai with its interpretation; an account
of the conspiracy of the two eunuchs to destroy Ahasuerus; a pretended copy ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/appendix the apocryphal books of.htm
Of the Times of Christ's Birth and Passion, and of Jerusalem's ...
... For he says thus: "In the first year under Darius, son of Ahasuerus, of the seed
of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldees, I Daniel ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter viii of the times of.htm
The Wall Rebuilt.
... This makes people uncertain whether the king who is called Ahasuerus in the Book
of Esther be the same with him whom the Greeks call Xerxes, or with Artaxerxes ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xiv the wall rebuilt.htm
Index of Subjects.
... Ahasuerus, the Xerxes of history, 261. Alamoth, 288. Alexander the Great, his visit
to Jerusalem, 263, 325. Alexandria, the Septuagint version made here, 199. ...
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Thesaurus
Ahasuerus (28 Occurrences)... In the LXX. version of the Book of Esther the name Artaxerxes occurs for
Ahasuerus.
... Multi-Version Concordance
Ahasuerus (28 Occurrences).
.../a/ahasuerus.htm - 17kAhasuerus's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ahasuerus's (1 Occurrence). Esther 8:10 And he
wrote in the king Ahasuerus's name, and sealed it with the ...
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Xerxes (24 Occurrences)
... chshwrsh, probably pronounced 'achshawarash, but at a later time it was wrongly
vocalized so as to produce 'achashwerosh, from whence "Ahasuerus" in English ...
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Ahasu-e'rus (30 Occurrences)
Ahasu-e'rus. Ahasuerus, Ahasu-e'rus. Ahasuerus's . Multi-Version Concordance
Ahasu-e'rus (30 Occurrences). Ezra 4:6 And in the reign ...
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Ahasbai (1 Occurrence)
...AHASUERUS or ASSEURUS a-haz-ue'-rus, (Septuagint Assoueros, but in Tobit 14:15 Asueros;
the Latin form of the Hebrew 'achashwerosh, a name better known in its ...
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Vashti (10 Occurrences)
... Beautiful, the queen of Ahasuerus, who was deposed from her royal dignity because
she refused to obey the king when he desired her to appear in the banqueting ...
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Provinces (40 Occurrences)
... Esther 1:1 Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned
from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces), (WEB ...
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Teresh (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace
of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. ...
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Eunuchs (33 Occurrences)
... with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and
Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king ...
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Chamberlains (17 Occurrences)
... 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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Resources
Who was Darius in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgWhat is the significance of the Medo-Persian Empire in biblical history? | GotQuestions.orgWho was Vashti in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgAhasuerus: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.comBible Concordance •
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