BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8657
te.resh — Teresh
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.21 § Teresh = "strictness" one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
