The Emergence of Esther.

Esther name in bible. Mordecai Esthers uncle offended a high court official called Haman who decided to kill not only Mordecai but all the Jews in the Persian empire the first recorded pogrom against the Jews. Esther is the Persian name of a Hebrew girl named Hadassah means myrtle who was able to avert the genocide of the Hebrews during the time of the Babylonian exile see the Book of Esther. Esther Origin and Meaning The name Esther is a girls name of Persian origin meaning star.

It is a Syro-Arabian modification of the Persian word satarah which means a star. The name Esther means star and is a derivation of the root name of the goddess Ishtar. Alternatively it could be a derivative of the name of the Near Eastern goddess Ishtar.

Possibly means star in Persian. Her name was Hadassah but you might know her by the name of Esther the one for whom the book in the Bible is named. She was a Jewess named Hadassah the myrtle but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known Esther 27.

The king ruled over a sizable area of. Esther was a Jew from the tribe of Benjamin who grew up as an exile in Persia. He also is the uncle of Mordecai who adopted Esther as his daughter Quoted source Abihail in the Bible father of Esther.

A young Jewish orphan Esther was chosen but she was careful to keep her Jewish identity secret. Esther was derived from the Old Persian word stāra meaning star In the Old Testament Esther originally named Hadassah was the captured Jewish wife of the King of Persia who risked her life to save her exiled people from annihilation. The name Esther is assigned only once in the Bible.

King Ahasuerus has done the same to Esthers uncle Mordecai. David Rooke sent me the following about the names found in the Book of Esther. Also see The Bible Names Code.