ʼĂchashvêrôwsh — H325

Definition

masculine proper noun

Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king

1. Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"
2. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

Usually translated as

Ahasuerus

Origin

or (shortened) ʼAchashrôsh (Esther 10:1); of Persian origin

Occurrences

ʼĂchashvêrôwsh occurs 31 times in 30 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Esther (28), Daniel (1)

• Ezra 4:6 — And in the reign of Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ), in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
• Esther 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ), (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
• Esther 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ) which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
• Esther 1:2 — That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ) sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
• Esther 1:9 — Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ).
• Esther 1:10 — On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ) the king,
• Esther 1:15 — What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ) by the chamberlains?
• Esther 1:16 — And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ).
• Esther 1:17 — For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ) commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
• Esther 1:19 — If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ); and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
• Esther 2:1 — After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ) was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
• Esther 2:12 — Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ), after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
• Esther 2:16 — So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙) into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
• Esther 2:21 — In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵֽרֹשׁ).
• Esther 3:1 — After these things did king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֜וֹשׁ) promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
• Esther 3:6 — And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ), even the people of Mordecai.
• Esther 3:7 — In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ), they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
• Esther 3:8 — And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ), There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
• Esther 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙) was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.
• Esther 6:2 — And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ).
• Esther 7:5 — Then the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ) answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
• Esther 8:1 — On that day did the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙) give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
• Esther 8:7 — Then the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙) said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
• Esther 8:10 — And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹ֔שׁ)’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
• Esther 8:12 — Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ), namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
• Esther 9:2 — The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus (אֳחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ), to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
• Esther 9:20 — And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ), both nigh and far,
• Esther 9:30 — And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ), with words of peace and truth,
• Esther 10:1 — And the king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ) laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
• Esther 10:3 — For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ), and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
• Daniel 9:1 — In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus (אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ), of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;