אֶסְתֵּר

Strong’s Definition

Ester, the Jewish heroine

Etymology & Derivation

of Persian derivation;

KJV Usage

Esther.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the queen of persia, heroine of the book of estherdaughter of abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of mordecai, of the tribe of benjamin, made queen by king ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, vashti.

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼEçtêr; Pronunciation: es-tare'