Esther

Es·ther ¹  (str)

In the Bible, the Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from massacre.

---

[Hebrew estr, from Persian sitareh, star; see ster-³ in Indo-European roots, or Akkadian Itar, Ishtar; see Ishtar.]

---

Es·ther ²  (str)

n. Abbr. Est. or Esth.

See Table at Bible.

---

[After Esther.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Esther - (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
	2.	Esther - an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre Book of Esther Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures