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אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
Achashverosh
akh-ash-vay-rosh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂchashvêrôwsh
“Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king
Rendered in the KJV as
Ahasuerus.
- 31occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 31 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ7
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ5
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ3
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃3
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ2
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙2
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙2
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ1
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ1
- אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ1
- אֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ1
- אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ ס1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 1
- Ahasuerus31
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)31
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Esther29 occurrences
- Esther 1:1אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:1אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:2אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:9אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ סʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:10אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:15אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:16אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:17אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 1:19אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 2:1אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 2:12אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 2:16אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ʾachashverovoshproper noun (a name)She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 2:21אֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ׃ʾachashveroshproper noun (a name)In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 3:1אֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 3:6אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 3:7אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 3:8אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 3:12אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ʾachashveroshproper noun (a name)On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 6:2אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃ʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 7:5אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 8:1אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ʾachashverovoshproper noun (a name)That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 8:7אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ʾachashveroshproper noun (a name)So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 8:10אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁʾachashveroshproper noun (a name)Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 8:12אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 9:2אֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾochashverooshproper noun (a name)In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 9:20אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 9:30אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 10:1אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁʾachasheroshproper noun (a name)Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.here: Ahasuerus
- Esther 10:3אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁʾachashverooshproper noun (a name)For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.here: Ahasuerus