H325 — אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (ʼĂchashvêrôwsh)

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Strong's H325 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (ʼĂchashvêrôwsh)

Pronunciation: akh-ash-vay-rosh'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

Derivation: or (shortened) אַחַשְׁרֹשׁ (ʼAchashrôsh) (Esther 10:1); of Persian origin;

Definition: Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king

KJV Renderings: Ahasuerus.

Senses

  1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.