Hebrew word · H1919

הֲדַסָּה

hadasah

Hadassah

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Esther · 1

  1. Esther 2:7 הֲדַסָּ֗ה Hadassah

    And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

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