Bible Dictionary

Aman

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

[Haman] (Esther 10:7; 12:6; 13:3,12; 14:17; 16:10,17)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

a'-man (Aman; Codex Vaticanus reads Adam): Tobit 14:10; Additions to Esther 12:6; 16:10,17, probably in each case for Haman, the arch-enemy of the Jews in the canonical Book of Esther (compare Es 3:1 with Additions to Esther 12:6). In Additions to Esther (16:10) Aman is represented as a Macedonian, in all other points corresponding to the Haman of the Book of Esther.