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Lexicon :: Strong's H325 - 'ăḥašvērôš

Aa
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
Transliteration
'ăḥašvērôš
Pronunciation
akh-ash-vay-rosh'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian origin
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ʼĂchashvêrôwsh, akh-ash-vay-rosh'; or (shortened) אַחַשְׁרֹשׁ ʼAchashrôsh (Esther 10:1); of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king:—Ahasuerus.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H325 in the following manner: Ahasuerus (31x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H325 in the following manner: Ahasuerus (31x).

  1. Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

    1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ʼĂchashvêrôwsh, akh-ash-vay-rosh'; or (shortened) אַחַשְׁרֹשׁ ʼAchashrôsh (Esther 10:1); of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king:—Ahasuerus.
STRONGS H325: Abbreviations
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֺשׁ proper name, masculine Ahasuerus = Xerxes (Persian Khshatřârshâ = mighty + eye or man, see Spiegl. with 216; in Aramaic חשיארש, CISII. i. 122 [B.C. 481]) king of Persia Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1 (twice in verse); Esther 1:2, 9, 10 + 18 times Esther + Esther 10:1 Qr (Kt אחשׁרשׁ); אֲחַשְׁוֵרשׁ Esther 1:16; Esther 2:21; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:7, 10; also Daniel 9:1 where made father of 'Darius the Mede,' compare Meinh.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:6

Esther

1:1; 1:2; 1:9; 1:10; 1:16; 2:21; 3:12; 8:7; 8:10; 10:1

Daniel

9:1

H325

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H325 matches the Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ ('ăḥašvērôš),
which occurs 32 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Now in the reign H4438 of [fn]Ahasuerus H325, in the beginning H8462 of his reign H4438, they wrote H3789 an accusation H7855 against H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.

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Now it happened H1961 in the days H3117 of Ahasuerus H325, the Ahasuerus H325 who reigned H4427 from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568 over 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - in those H1992 days H3117 as King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 sat H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 which H834 was at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 also H1571 held H6213 a banquet H4960 for the women H802 in the [fn]palace H1004 which H834 belonged to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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On the seventh H7637 day H3117, when the heart H3820 of the king H4428 was cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, he ordered H559 Mehuman H4104, Biztha H968, Harbona H2726, Bigtha H903, Abagtha H5, Zethar H2242, and Carkas H3752, the seven H7651 eunuchs H5631 who served H8334 in the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “According to law H1881, what H4100 is to be done H6213 with Queen H4436 Vashti H2060, since H5921 H834 she did not [fn]obey H6213 the command H3982 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]delivered by the eunuchs H5631?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And in the presence H6440 of the king H4428 and the other officials H8269, Memucan H4462 said H559, “Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 has wronged H5753 not only H905 the king H4428 but also all H3605 the officials H8269 and all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 are in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - “For the queen’s H4436 conduct H1697 will [fn]become H3318 known H3318 to all H3605 the women H802 so as to make H959 their own husbands H1167 despicable H959 in their sight H5869, when they say H559, ‘King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]commanded H559 that Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 be brought H935 in H935 to his presence H6440, but she did not come H935.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, let a royal H4438 [fn]edict H1697 be issued H3318 by him and let it be written H3789 in the laws H1881 of Persia H6539 and Media H4074 so that it cannot H3808 [fn]be repealed H5674, that Vashti H2060 may not come H935 into the presence H6440 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and let the king H4428 give H5414 her royal H4438 position H4438 to [fn]another H7468 who is more H4480 worthy H2896 than H4480 she.

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After H310 these H428 things H1697, when the anger H2534 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 had subsided H7918, he remembered H2142 Vashti H2060 and what H834 she had done H6213, and what H834 had been decided H1504 regarding H5921 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12

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Now when the turn H8447 came H5060 for each H5291 young H5291 woman H5291 to go H935 in H935 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, after H4480 the end H7093 of her twelve H8147 H6240 months H2320 under the regulations H1881 for the women H802—for the days H3117 of their beauty H4795 treatment H4795 were completed H4390 as H3651 follows H3651: six H8337 months H2320 with oil H8081 of myrrh H4753 and six H8337 months H2320 with balsam H1314 oil H1314 and the cosmetics H8562 for women H802—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - So Esther H635 was taken H3947 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 in his royal H4438 palace H1004 in the tenth H6224 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Tebeth H2887, in the seventh H7651 year H8141 of his reign H4438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those H1992 days H3117, while Mordecai H4782 was sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179, Bigthan H904 and Teresh H8657, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 officials H5631 from those who guarded H8104 the door H5592, became H7107 angry H7107 and sought H1245 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1

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After H310 these H428 events H1697 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 honored H1431 Haman H2001, the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, and promoted H5375 him and [fn]established H7760 his authority H3678 over H4480 H5921 all H3605 the officials H8269 who H834 were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]considered H959 H5869 it beneath H959 H5869 his dignity H959 H5869 to [fn]kill H7971 H3027 Mordecai H4782 alone H905, for they had told H5046 him who the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 were; so Haman H2001 sought H1245 to annihilate H8045 all H3605 the Jews H3064, the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782, who H834 were found throughout H3605 the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325.

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In the first H7223 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, [fn]Pur H6332, that is the lot H1486, was cast H5307 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day H3117 and from month H2320 to month, [fn]until the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, that is the month H2320 Adar H143.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman H2001 said H559 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, “There H3426 is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered H6340 and dispersed H6504 among H996 the peoples H5971 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of your kingdom H4438; their laws H1881 are different H8132 from those of all H3605 other people H5971 and they do not [fn]comply H6213 with H6213 the king’s H4428 laws H1881, so it is not in the king’s H4428 interest H7737 to let H5117 them remain H5117.

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Then the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king’s H4428 satraps H323, to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082 and to the officials H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its language H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found H4672 written H3789 what H834 Mordecai H4782 had reported H5046 about H5921 Bigthana H904 and Teresh H8657, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631 who were doorkeepers H8104 H5592, that they had sought H1245 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 [fn]asked H559 Queen H4436 Esther H635, “Who H4310 is he, and where H335 is he, [fn]who H834 would presume H4390 H3820 to do H6213 such H3651 a thing?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1

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On that day H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 gave H5414 the house H1004 of Haman H2001, the enemy H6887 of the Jews H3064, to Queen H4436 Esther H635; and Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king H4428, because H3588 Esther H635 had disclosed H5046 what H4100 he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 to Queen H4436 Esther H635 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064, “Behold H2009, I have given H5414 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 to Esther H635, and they have hanged H8518 him on the wooden H6086 gallows because H5921 H834 he had reached H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027 against the Jews H3064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - He wrote H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and sealed H2856 it with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885, and sent H7971 letters H5612 by couriers H7323 on horses H5483, riding H7392 on royal H327 relay H7409 horses H7409, offspring H1121 of racing H7424 mares H7424.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one H259 day H3117 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Adar H143).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:2 - The Jews H3064 assembled H6950 in their cities H5892 throughout H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 to [fn]attack H7971 H3027 those who sought H1245 [fn]to harm H7451 them; and no H3808 one H376 could stand H5975 against H6440 them, because H3588 the dread H6343 of them had fallen H5307 on all H3605 the peoples H5971.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20

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Then Mordecai H4782 recorded H3789 these H428 events H1697, and he sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, both near H7138 and far H7350,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - He sent H7971 letters H5612 to all H3605 the Jews H3064, to the 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082 of the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325, namely, words H1697 of peace H7965 and truth H571,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1

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Now King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 imposed H7760 a tax H4522 on the land H776 and the coastlands H339 of the sea H3220.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:3 - For Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 was second H4932 only to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and great H1419 among the Jews H3064 and in H7521 favor H7521 with his many H7230 kinsmen H251, one who sought H1875 the good H2896 of his people H5971 and one who spoke H1696 for the welfare H7965 of his entire H3605 [fn]nation H2233.

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In the first H259 year H8141 of Darius H1867 the son H1121 of Ahasuerus H325, of Median H4074 descent H2233, who H834 was made H4427 king H4427 over H5921 the kingdom H4438 of the Chaldeans H3778—

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