Strong's #635: 'Ecter (pronounced es-tare')
of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine:--Esther.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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'estêr
Esther = "star"
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther - daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti.
Part of Speech: noun proper feminine
Relation: of Persian derivation
Usage:
This word is used 55 times:
Esther 9:12: "And the king said unto Esther the queen, have slain and destroyed five"
Esther 9:13: "Then said Esther, If it please let it be granted to the Jews"
Esther 9:29: " Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, the Jew, wrote with"
Esther 9:31: "appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as"
Esther 9:32: "And the decree of Esther confirmed these of Purim; and it was written in the book."
