STRONGS NUMBER H635


Word Summary
Ester: "star", Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr
Original Word: אֶסְתֵּר
Transliteration: Ester
Phonetic Spelling: (es-tare')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: "star", Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr
Meaning: Esther -- "star", Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel
Strong's Concordance
Esther

Of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine -- Esther.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H635. Ester

אֶסְתֵּרproper name, feminine Esther (Persian stâra, star) — daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of tribe of Benjamin; made queen in Vashti's place by Ahasuerus; her Jewish name הֲדַסָּת‎ q. v. Esther 2:7-8, 10, 11, 15 (twice in verse); 2:16-17, 47t. Esther.