Hâmân — H2001

H2001 · Hebrew — המן

Pronunciation: haw-mawn'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Haman, a Persian vizier

  1. Haman = "magnificent"
  2. chief minister of Ahasuerus, enemy of Mordecai and the Jews, who plotted to kill the Jews but, being foiled by Esther, was hanged, with his family, on the gallows he had made for Mordecai

Usually translated as

Haman

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Hâmân occurs 55 times in 45 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (45)

Strong's Lexicon — H