וַשְׁתִּיVashtîy
proper name, feminine: queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) king of Persia (Esther 1:9; Esther 1:11; Esther 1:12; Esther 1:15; Esther 1:16)
Pronunciation: vash-tee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2060
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Esther 1:9 At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
- Esther 1:11 to bring Queen Vashti to him with the royal crown on her head. He wanted the nobles and all the other men to gaze on her beauty, for she was a very beautiful woman.
- Esther 1:12 But when they conveyed the king’s order to Queen Vashti, she refused to come. This made the king furious, and he burned with anger.
- Esther 1:15 “What must be done to Queen Vashti?” the king demanded. “What penalty does the law provide for a queen who refuses to obey the king’s orders, properly sent through his eunuchs?”
- Esther 1:16 Memucan answered the king and his nobles, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every noble and citizen throughout your empire.
- Esther 1:17 Women everywhere will begin to despise their husbands when they learn that Queen Vashti has refused to appear before the king.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).