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Haman

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Haman (hâ'man), celebrated. Prime minister of Ahasuerus, the Persian monarch. Esther 3:1. His pride was hurt because Mordecai, the Jew, refused to how and do him reverence. Esther 3:2. He was executed on the very gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Esther 7:10. The Jews, on the mention of his name on the day of Purim, hiss.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Haman'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​h/haman.html. 1893.
 
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