Word Study · Strong's H2238 · Hebrew
זֶרֶשׁ
Zeresh
zeh'-resh
“Zeresh, Haman's wife”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Zeresh, Haman's wife
Rendered in the KJV as
Zeresh.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְזֶ֣רֶשׁ1
- זֶ֥רֶשׁ1
- זֶ֨רֶשׁ1
- לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ1
How it is rendered · 3
- Zeresh2
- and Zeresh1
- to Zeresh1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpf · 2
- HC/Npf · 1
- HR/Npf · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Esther4 occurrences
- Esther 5:10זֶ֥רֶשׁzereshproper noun (a name)Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,here: Zeresh
- Esther 5:14זֶ֨רֶשׁzereshproper noun (a name)His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.here: Zeresh
- Esther 6:13לְזֶ֤רֶשׁlezereshpreposition + proper noun (a name)Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”here: to Zeresh
- Esther 6:13וְזֶ֣רֶשׁvezereshconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”here: and Zeresh