אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁʼĂchashvêrôwsh
proper name, masculine: Ahasuerus, = Xerxes, king of Persia (Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1; Esther 1:2; Esther 1:9; Esther 1:10)
Pronunciation: akh-ash-vay-rosh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H325
Where it appears
Appears 31 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:6 Years later when Xerxes began his reign, the enemies of Judah wrote a letter of accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
- Esther 1:1 These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.
- Esther 1:2 At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.
- Esther 1:9 At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
- Esther 1:10 On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs who attended him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas—
- 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?”
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).