Word Study · Strong's H8657 · Hebrew
תֶּרֶשׁ
Teresh
teh'-resh
“Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes
Rendered in the KJV as
Teresh.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- וָתֶ֜רֶשׁ1
- וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ1
How it is rendered · 1
- and Teresh2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- HC/Npm · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 2:21וָתֶ֜רֶשׁvatereshconjunction (“and”) + proper 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: and Teresh
- Esther 6:2וָתֶ֗רֶשׁvatereshconjunction (“and”) + proper 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: and Teresh