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Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
the Second Week after Epiphany

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #2238 - זֶרֶשׁ

Transliteration

Zeresh

Phonetics

zeh'-resh

Origin

of Persian origin

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Zeresh = "gold"
1. the wife of Haman, the Agagite

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Esther 4

BSB (4)

Esther 4

CSB (4)

Esther 4

ESV (4)

Esther 4

KJV (4)

Esther 4

LEB (4)

Esther 4

LSB (4)

Esther 4

N95 (4)

Esther 4

NAS (4)

Esther 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Esther 4

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

זֶ֫רֶשׁ proper name, feminine wife of Haman Esther 5:10,14; Esther 6:13 (twice in verse) (according to Opp^{Esther 25} = Persian zaris, Zend zairis, la dorée, compare

aurum ductile, Vull^{ii. 128 b}; Jen^{VOJ, 1892,64} compare Elamite goddess Kiriša).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

זֶרֶשׁ (“gold,” from the Persian زر gold, with the termination ش), [Zeresh], pr.n. of the wife of Haman, Esther 6:13.

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List of Word Forms

וְזֶ֣רֶשׁ וזרש זֶ֥רֶשׁ זֶ֨רֶשׁ זרש לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ לזרש lə·ze·reš ləzereš leZeresh veZeresh wə·ze·reš wəzereš ze·reš zereš Zeresh