Strong H8657תֶּ֫רֶשׁ
Teresh
- Transliteration
- teresh
- Pronunciation
- teh'-resh
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of foreign derivation;
{Teresh} a eunuch of Xerxes: - Teresh.
{Teresh} a eunuch of Xerxes: - Teresh.
Meaning of the name
Teresh = "strictness"
Detailed definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.21
In the biblical story
Teresh
Persian official who plotted against King Ahasuerus
Teresh was one of two Persian officials who plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus but were discovered by Mordecai.
In the Bible
Strong H8657 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- teresh2
First verses
- Esther 2:21In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
- Esther 6:2And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.