Hadassah הֲדַסָּה
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| הֲדַסָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | hadassah |
| Strong's number | H1919 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Hadassah |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Hadassah (Hebrew הֲדַסָּה, Strong's H1919) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Hadassah”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7;
daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7;
Another name of es.ter (אֶסְתֵּר "Esther" H0635)
§ Hadassah = "myrtle"
queen Esther's Jewish name
daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7;
Another name of es.ter (אֶסְתֵּר "Esther" H0635)
§ Hadassah = "myrtle"
queen Esther's Jewish name
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hadassah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hadassah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Hadassah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Esther
- Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).