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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #8657 - תֶּרֶשׁ
Transliteration
Teresh
Phonetics
teh'-resh
Origin
of foreign derivation
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Teresh = "strictness"
- one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Esther
2
BSB (2)
Esther
2
CSB (2)
Esther
2
ESV (2)
Esther
2
KJV (2)
Esther
2
LEB (2)
Esther
2
LSB (2)
Esther
2
N95 (2)
Esther
2
NAS (2)
Esther
2
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Esther
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
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.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
תֶּרֶשׁ [Teresh], pr.n. Pers. (ترش “severe,” “austere”) of a eunuch in the court of Xerxes, Esther 2:21, 6:2.
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List of Word Forms
וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ וָתֶ֜רֶשׁ ותרש vaTeresh wā·ṯe·reš wāṯereš