ΕΣΘΗΡʼ, εσθηρʼ
ESTHĒRʼ, esthērʼ
Sounds Like: es-THER
Translations: Esther
From the root: ΕΣΘΗΡ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun, referring to Esther, the Jewish queen of Persia and the central figure in the biblical Book of Esther. The apostrophe at the end (keraia) indicates that this is a numeral, specifically the number 2007, which corresponds to the Strong's number for Esther. Therefore, it represents the name Esther.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine, Nominative
Strong’s number: G2007 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 2:15, 2:17, 2:18, 2:20, 2:22, 4:5, 4:9, 4:10, 4:12, 4:13, 4:17, 4:17k, 5:1f, 5:4, 5:5, 5:12, 7:2, 7:3, 8:1, 8:2, 8:4, 8:7, 9:13, 9:31
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΣΘΗΡ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.