H1919: הֲדַסָּה
Hădaççâh · pronounced had-as-saw' · “Hadassah”
Definition
Hadassah (or Esther)
KJV translates it as: Hadassah.
Word origin: feminine of H1918 (הֲדַס);
Extended definition
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7;
daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7;
Another name of es.ter (אֶסְתֵּר "Esther" H0635)
§ Hadassah = "myrtle"
queen Esther's Jewish name
daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7;
Another name of es.ter (אֶסְתֵּר "Esther" H0635)
§ Hadassah = "myrtle"
queen Esther's Jewish name
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H1919 is translated
- hadassah ×1
Bible verses with H1919 (Hădaççâh)
Hădaççâh appears in 1 verse.
- Esther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.