אֶסְתֵּר
ʼEçtêr · es-tare'
Ester, the Jewish heroine
Lexicon
Derivation: of Persian derivation;
Ester, the Jewish heroine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Esther.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to support and uphold › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader that works to support and uphold of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶסְתֵּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
55 occurrences · 55 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- esther12 · 22%
- and esther7 · 13%
- unto esther5 · 9%
- that esther4 · 7%
- so esther3 · 5%
- then esther3 · 5%
- of esther2 · 4%
- it unto esther2 · 4%
- to esther2 · 4%
- that is, esther1 · 2%
- how esther1 · 2%
- even esther's1 · 2%
- her: for esther1 · 2%
- so esther's1 · 2%
- again esther1 · 2%
- esther's1 · 2%
- according to all that esther1 · 2%
- as esther1 · 2%
- moreover, yea, esther1 · 2%
- with esther1 · 2%
- again unto esther1 · 2%
- whereon esther1 · 2%
- for esther1 · 2%
- toward esther1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
- Esther55
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.