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Definitions of esther in various dictionaries:
noun - (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen
noun - an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
In the Old Testament, the Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from massacre.
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| On Purim it's a tradition to read from this Bible book with a woman's name |
| Break out the hamantaschen--the apocrypha contains additions to her Old Testament book |
| "Then went Haman forth that day... with a glad heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai... he was full of indignation" |
| This book of the Old Testament tells the exciting tale of how the Jews of Persia were saved |
| Hadassah(6) |
| This queen for whom a book is named revealed Haman's wickedness at a royal banquet |
| Mordecai is the hero of this book |
| On the order of this queen's husband, Haman & his 10 sons were hanged |
| This biblical book with a female name records the killing of 75,000 Persians by the Jews |
| In chapter 2 of the book named for her, she became queen of Persia |
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| (in the Bible) a woman chosen on account of her beauty by the Persian king Ahasuerus (generally supposed to be Xerxes I) to be his queen. She used her influence with him to save the Israelites in captivity from persecution. |
| an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre |
| (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) |
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| Esther, MISSOURI, UNITED STATES |
| Esther, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA |
| Esther, Santa Fe, ARGENTINA |
| Esther, Alberta, CANADA |
| Esther, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES |
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Esther (; Hebrew: , translit. Estr), born Hadassah (Hebrew: , Modern Hadasa, Tiberian Haas), is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. * According to the Hebrew Bible, Esther was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus. Ahasuerus is traditionally identified with Xerxes I during the time of the Achaemenid Empire, although Josephus wrote that Esther's king husband was Xerxes' son Artaxerxes.Her story is the basis for the celebration of Purim in Jewish tradition. |