Her name was Hadassah but you might know her by the name of Esther the one for.

Esther's uncles name. The earliest source for this may be Josephus who writes. And the thing pleased the king. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive.

Esthers name is close to that of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar and Haman is close to the chief god Humman. 6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of. The relationship of Esther and Mordecai as cousins is evidenced by the identification of Esther in 27 as the daughter of Mordecais uncle and as the daughter of the brother of Mordecais father.

In the King James Version of the deuterocanonical Greek additions to Esther his name is spelled as Mardocheus which may better preserve the original vowels though the Masoretic Text versions of the Persian names in the Bible are known to be the most reliable. Esther despaired throughout her first six years in the palace. Esther turned the tables on Mordecai.

October 28 2013 In chapter 2 Esthers name is changed from Hadassah to Esther by her cousin Mordecai although I know that some believe he was her uncle himself He changes her name to protect her. 5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish a Benjamite. The reading of Esthers story in temple was added over time.

Still she became one of the most beloved Queens and women of the Bible. The only other one who knew her secret was her fathers nephew the one who raised her when she was orphaned. Her Hebrew name was Hadassah which signifies a myrtle to which the Israelites and good men.

Further evidence of their fictionality is that Esthers uncle Mordecai is identified as having been sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar over a century before Xerxes assumed power. Esther in the book of Esther was a biblical heroine who saved the Jewish people. According to the Semitic custom the most suitable wife was a cousin on the fathers side which was the relation Esther was to Mordecai.