Strong H2238זֶ֫רֶשׁ
Zeresh
- Transliteration
- zeresh
- Pronunciation
- zeh'-resh
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Of Persian origin;
{Zeresh} Haman´ s wife: - Zeresh.
{Zeresh} Haman´ s wife: - Zeresh.
Meaning of the name
Zeresh = "gold"
Detailed definition
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.5.10; married to Haman (H2001)
In the biblical story
Zeresh
Wife of Haman, enemy of the Jews
Zeresh, the wife of Haman, advised him to have Mordecai hanged on a gallows (Est.5.10,14; 6.13,13).
In the Bible
Strong H2238 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zeresh3
First verses
- Esther 5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
- Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esther 6:13And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.