Lexicon / H0325
אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ
a.chash.ve.rosh
  • Ahasuerus

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Ahasuerus

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.6; married to Vashti (H2060);

father of: Darius (H1868H)

§ Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Ahasuerus

אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ n.pr.m Ahasuerus .= Xerxes king of Pers.