Bible Dictionary

Zeresh

The name Zeresh means “misery; strange; dispersed inheritance”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(gold), the wife of Haman the Agagite. (Esther 5:10,14; 6:13) (B.C. 475.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

ze'-resh (zeresh, "gold," from the Persian; Sosara): The wife of Haman (Es 5:10,14; 6:13), the vizier of Xerxes.