Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H2238
זֶרֶשׁ
Zereshzeh'-resh
Zeresh
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2238is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2238
Zeresh, Haman's wife
The King James renders it: Zeresh.
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
Zeresh is rendered "Zeresh". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Four of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Esther 5:10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
Esther 5:10זֶ֥רֶשׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's four uses are in Esther.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Zeresh2
- and Zeresh1
- to Zeresh1
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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- וְזֶ֣רֶשׁ1
- זֶ֥רֶשׁ1
- זֶ֨רֶשׁ1
- לְזֶ֤רֶשׁ1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)2HNpf
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npf
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npf
Esther
four uses
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
- זֶ֥רֶשׁzereshproper noun (a name)tagged: Zeresh
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.
- זֶ֨רֶשׁzereshproper noun (a name)tagged: Zeresh
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.”
- לְזֶ֤רֶשׁlezereshpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Zeresh
- וְזֶ֣רֶשׁvezereshconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Zeresh
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 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.