Strong H1919הֲדַסָּה
Hadassah
- Transliteration
- hădassâh
- Pronunciation
- had-as-saw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Feminine of H1918; Hadassah (or Esther): - Hadassah.
Meaning of the name
Hadassah = "myrtle"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Esther
Jewish queen of Persia; saved her people from genocide.
Esther, also known as Hadassah, was a Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from genocide.
In the Bible
Strong H1919 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hadassah1
First verses
- Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.