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Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H2001

הָמָן

Hamanhaw-mawn'

Haman

54 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Hâmân

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2001is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 1 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 23
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H2001

Haman, a Persian vizier

The King James renders it: Haman.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Haman is rendered "Haman". It stands 54 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.

  • Fifty-four of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Esther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.

The first use

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.

Esther 3:1הָמָ֧ן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fifty-four of the word's fifty-four uses are in Esther.

The other 38 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Haman38
  • and Haman10
  • to Haman5
  • from Haman1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

הָמָהhamahto roarUses34
הָמָסhamasbrushwoodUses1

The words it stands beside

All 54, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

23 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הָמָ֖ן8
  • הָמָ֔ן7
  • הָמָן֙5
  • וְהָמָן֙4
  • וְהָמָ֣ן3
  • הָמָ֧ן2
  • הָמָ֗ן2
  • הָמָ֨ן2
  • הָמָ֛ן2
  • הָמָן֒2
  • הָמָ֜ן2
  • וְהָמָ֔ן2

and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)38HNpm
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)10HC/Npm
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)6HR/Npm

Esther

fifty-four uses
  • 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.

    Esther 3:1

    • הָמָ֧ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

    Esther 3:2

    • לְהָמָ֔ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Haman
  • Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.

    Esther 3:4

    • לְהָמָ֗ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Haman
  • When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

    Esther 3:5

    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 3:6

    • הָמָ֗ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 3:7

    • הָמָ֗ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 3:8

    • הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

    Esther 3:10

    • לְהָמָ֧ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Haman
  • “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”

    Esther 3:11

    • לְהָמָ֔ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 3:12

    • הָמָ֡ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

    Esther 3:15

    • וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.

    Esther 4:7

    • הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • “If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”

    Esther 5:4

    • וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • “Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

    Esther 5:5

    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • וְהָמָ֔ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

    Esther 5:8

    • וְהָמָ֗ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

    Esther 5:9

    • הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • הָמָ֨ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • הָמָ֛ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

    Esther 5:10

    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

    Esther 5:11

    • הָמָ֛ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.

    Esther 5:12

    • הָמָן֒hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 5:14

    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

    Esther 6:4

    • וְהָמָ֣ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.

    Esther 6:5

    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

    Esther 6:6

    • הָמָן֒hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

    Esther 6:7

    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

    Esther 6:10

    • לְהָמָ֗ןlehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Haman
  • So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

    Esther 6:11

    • הָמָן֙hamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

    Esther 6:12

    • וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • 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.”

    Esther 6:13

    • הָמָ֜ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

    Esther 6:14

    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,

    Esther 7:1

    • וְהָמָ֔ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

    Esther 7:6

    • הָמָ֥ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • וְהָמָ֣ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

    Esther 7:7

    • וְהָמָ֣ןvehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
  • Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

    Esther 7:8

    • וְהָמָן֙vehamanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haman
    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

    Esther 7:9

    • הָמָ֟ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

    Esther 7:10

    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 8:1

    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.

    Esther 8:2

    • מֵֽהָמָ֔ןmehamanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Haman
    • הָמָֽן׃ פhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

    Esther 8:3

    • הָמָ֣ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

    Esther 8:5

    • הָמָ֤ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • 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.

    Esther 8:7

    • הָמָ֜ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

    Esther 9:10

    • הָמָ֧ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

    Esther 9:12

    • הָמָ֔ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

    Esther 9:13

    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

    Esther 9:14

    • הָמָ֖ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman
  • For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

    Esther 9:24

    • הָמָ֨ןhamanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haman

The letters

Gematria 95· 745 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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