Teresh — H8657

Definition

masculine proper noun

Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes

1. Teresh = "strictness"
2. one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

Usually translated as

Teresh

Origin

of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Teresh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Esther (2)

• Deuteronomy 19:4 — And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
• Esther 2:21 — In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh (וָתֶ֜רֶשׁ), of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
• Esther 6:2 — And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh (וָתֶ֗רֶשׁ), two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.