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Lexicon :: Strong's H8657 - tereš

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תֶּרֶשׁ
Transliteration
tereš
Pronunciation
teh'-resh
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign derivation
Strong’s Definitions

תֶּרֶשׁ Teresh, teh'-resh; of foreign derivation; Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Teresh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8657 in the following manner: Teresh (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8657 in the following manner: Teresh (2x).

  1. Teresh = "strictness"

    1. one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תֶּרֶשׁ Teresh, teh'-resh; of foreign derivation; Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes:—Teresh.
STRONGS H8657: Abbreviations
† תֶּ֫רֶשׁ proper name, masculine eunuch at court of Ahasuerus (Scheft58 compare Old Iranian tarša, 'Begierde,' used as proper name in New Persian); — Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2; Θαρ(ρ)ας.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

2:21; 6:2

H8657

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8657 matches the Hebrew תֶּרֶשׁ (tereš),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, H8657 of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, H8657 two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
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