esther

German - Turkish

Definition of esther in German Turkish dictionary: n. pr. (Bibel) Ester

English - English

Definition of esther in English English dictionary: A female given name; The heroine of the Book of Esther
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.; A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh; heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I). She and her cousin Mordecai persuaded the king to cancel an order for the extermination of Jews in his realm, plotted by the king's chief minister, Haman. Instead, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai, and the Jews were given permission to destroy their enemies. The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates this event. The book of Esther was probably written in the 2nd century BC. Beecher Catharine Esther Esther Pauline Friedman Josephine Esther Mentzer; given name, female, from Persian; {i} female first name; (Old Testament) beautiful Jewish girl who became the wife of Ahasuerus (ancient king of Persia); Book of Esther; 'Sister' of Fon of Bum; an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre; a Jewish girl who became the Queen of Persia and thus had opportunity to overturn a wicked plot to destroy the Jewish people Also, the book of the Bible by the same name, which describes these events and the establish of the holiday of Purim; O T; (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim); an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim); from the Greek "aster" : a star Ezra : help Gad : many (people) - a troop Ha- as prefix : the; A Jewish heroine of the diaspora who became queen of Persia under Xerxes I; she secured the safety of the Jews when they were threatened with genocide; her story is told in the book which carries her name See Chapter 16
Book of Esther: one of the books of the Old Testament (Biblical)
Catharine Esther Beecher: born Sept. 6, 1800, East Hampton, N.Y., U.S. died May 12, 1878, Elmira, N.Y. U.S. educator who popularized and shaped a conservative movement to both elevate and entrench woman's role in the domestic sphere. Daughter of the minister and temperance activist Lyman Beecher and sister of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher, she helped found the Hartford Female Seminary (1823) and other organizations devoted to women's education. Her popular Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841) helped standardize domestic practices while reinforcing the belief that a woman's proper place was in the home
Fast of Esther: Tanit Esther, fast which is held the day before the Jewish holiday of Purim
Tanit Esther: {i} Fast of Esther, fast which is held the day before the Jewish holiday of Purim
additions to esther: an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther