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ʾestēr אֶסְתֵּר ‘Esther’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of Persian origin

ʾestēr pr n f pers
Esther = "star"
1) the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther-daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti.

Mentioned in Esther 2:7, 9:12, 2:15, 9:29, 8:3, 2:17, 2:16, 7:5, 8:1, 8:7, 7:6, 2:20, 4:13, 2:8, 4:8, 4:10, 4:15, 5:4, 5:5, 5:12, 6:14, 7:7, 7:8, 9:31, 9:32, 7:3, 9:13, 2:22, 5:3, 5:6, 5:7, 7:2, 2:10, 2:11, 2:18, 4:4, 4:5, 4:9, 4:12, 4:17, 5:1, 5:2, 7:1, 8:2, 8:4

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