STRONGS NUMBER H2238


Word Summary
Zeresh: wife of Haman
Original Word: זֶרֶשׁ
Transliteration: Zeresh
Phonetic Spelling: (zeh'-resh)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: wife of Haman
Meaning: Zeresh -- wife of Haman
Strong's Concordance
Zeresh

Of Persian origin; Zeresh, Haman's wife -- Zeresh.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2238. Zeresh

זֶ֫רֶשׁproper name, feminine wife of Haman Esther 5:10, 14; 6:13 (twice in verse) (according to OppEsth. 25 = Persian zaris, Zend zairis, la dorée, compare aurum ductile, Vullii. 128 b; JenVOJ, 1892, 64 compare Elamite goddess Kiriša).