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Esther


Es´tuhr

The heroine of the biblical book that bears her name. Esther (whose Jewish name is Hadassah) is taken into the harem of the Persian king Ahasuerus and uses her position and influence to save the Jewish people from genocide.

  • Powell, Mark Allan, ed. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary. Abridged Edition. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.