Esther

Definitions: Esther

Esther

Noun

1. (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).

2. A book of the Old Testament that tells how Esther saved her people from massacre.

"Esther" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "secret", "hidden".

Date "Esther" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Esther the queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas'sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known (Esther 2:7). It is a Syro-Arabian modification of the Persian word satarah, which means a star. She was the daughter of Abihail, a Benjamite. Her family did not avail themselves of the permission granted by Cyrus to the exiles to return to Jerusalem; and she resided with her cousin Mordecai, who held some office in the household of the Persian king at "Shushan in the palace." Ahasuerus having divorced Vashti, chose Esther to be his wife. Soon after this he gave Haman the Agagite, his prime minister, power and authority to kill and extirpate all the Jews throughout the Persian empire. By the interposition of Esther this terrible catastrophe was averted. Haman was hanged on the gallows he had intended for Mordecai (Esther 7); and the Jews established an annual feast, the feast of Purim (q.v.), in memory of their wonderful deliverance. This took place about fifty-two years after the Return, the year of the great battles of Plataea and Mycale (B.C. 479). Esther appears in the Bible as a "woman of deep piety, faith, courage, patriotism, and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, docile and obedient to his counsels, and anxious to share the king's favour with him for the good of the Jewish people. There must have been a singular grace and charm in her aspect and manners, since 'she obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her' (Esther 2:15). That she was raised up as an instrument in the hand of God to avert the destruction of the Jewish people, and to afford them protection and forward their wealth and peace in their captivity, is also manifest from the Scripture account." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ESTHER	English	Exploitation of Soliton Transmission Highways in the European Ring	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: Esther

English words defined with "Esther": dejectedly ♦ Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris, Esther Morris ♦ in low spirits. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Esther": Abihail, Ahasuerus ♦ Covering the Face ♦ ESTHER ♦ Hadassah ♦ Vashti. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Esther, call the Pentagon. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) I can't believe it! Esther Weinstock is dead! (The Golden Girls; writing credit: Philip Broadley; Gabriel Castro) Esther Smith! (Meet Me in St. Louis; writing credit: Sally Benson; Irving Brecher) I could do another sandwich, Esther. (The Waltons; writing credit: Theodore Apstein)
Lyrics	That I missed her depressed her young sister named Esther, ("Clementine"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Movie/TV Titles	Esther and the King (1960) The Story of Esther Costello (1957) Esther Waters (1948) The Girl Who Became Queen VeggieTales: Esther (2000) Esther Kahn (2000)
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Domain	Title
Books	Esther Stories (reference) Henry Adams : Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams (Library of America) (reference) Jps Commentary on Esther (reference) Life Lessons: Book Of Ruth & Esther (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Mysteries of the Bible: Queen Esther - Far Away and Long Ago (reference) The Bible - Esther (reference) VeggieTales - Esther Girl Who Would Be Queen (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Complete Recorded Works Of Esther Bigeou, Lillyn Brown, Alberta Brown & The Remaining Titles Of Ada Brown (1921-1928) (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Bible Series - Solomon and Esther - 2 Pack (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Eye of Hurricane Esther.Credit: Flying With NOAA.		Transitting to Hurricane Esther.Credit: Flying With NOAA.
	In the eye of Hurricane Esther with a view of the eyewall.Credit: Flying With NOAA.		A frontier Nursing Service nurse-midwife visits a mountain cabin. / [P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Esther Bubley]..
	Crippled Childrens' Clinic, D.C. General Hospital. / P.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Esther Bubley..		[Four children (full length portrait) climbing up and down the stairs of an airplane] Esther Bubley.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Two sisters Esther and Louisa Page looking intently at a Truman poster outside Convention Hall in Philadelphia, crowd in background.Credit: Library of Congress.		Part of family of Charles H. Mitchell, sixty-three years old. Mitchell has rented farms in the past but, because of inability to get a farm, worked as hired hand. Sons have been able to find but very little work. Family is on unemployment relief in Esther.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Esther Bubley, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information photographer, three-quarter length portrait, kneeling with camera, facing right, at Bayway, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mrs. Esther Wheeler, book photos at 1506 Woodside Ave., Baldwin, Long Island. Arrangement in bedroom.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Catharine Esther Beecher	The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves.
	As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Cuba	On December 19, 2000, Montes de Oca Martija had received a 21-month sentence for threatening his wife Esther Valdes German, an accusation that she had denied. (references)
	Kenya	There were no developments in the following cases from 2000: The December case of several journalists arrested during an MWM rally; the July arrests of 10 Mungiki members; and the April arrests of Joseph Kirangathi Njoroge, Esther Wamucii, John Gitonga, and Mwangi Gachie Kamau. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Esther" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Esther" is used about 424 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	424	13,464

The following table summarizes the usage of "Esther" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Esther	First name Female	166,000	132
Esther	Last name	170	43,891
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Esther" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "secret", "hidden".

The following table summarizes names related to "Esther."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Essa	Female	N/A	Esther
Esther	Female	Biblical	Ishtar
Esther	N/A	Biblical	N/A
Esta	Female	English	Esther
Esther	Female	English	Ishtar
Hester	Female	English	Esther
Esteri	Female	Finnish	Esther
Esther	Female	French	Ishtar
Eszter	Female	Hungarian	Esther
Esther	Female	Jewish	Ishtar
Ester	Female	Scandinavian	Esther
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Esther, MO (city, FIPS 22636)
Location: 37.85206 N, 90.49466 W
Population (1990): 1071 (468 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Esther

Expressions using "Esther": Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris ♦ Esther Morris ♦ Mary Esther. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Esther

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
esther	178	esther scholten	11
esther williams	140	bible esther in	10
esther williams pool	114	esther polly	10
esther canadas	89	esther de jong	10
mary esther fl	61	esther jungreis	10
queen esther	57	esther maciel	10
book of esther	39	esther forbes	10
esther rolle	27	ofarim esther abi	9
esther bible	26	esther rantzen	9
esther hwang	25	esther koplowitz	9
esther pool swimming williams	25	esther vergeer	9
esther kwan	22	esther hick	9
esther hart	20	esther dyson	9
arroyo esther	19	ofarim esther	9
esther schweins	17	story of esther	9
esther cañadas	16	esther price	8
mary esther florida	15	esther kim	8
esther villalobos	14	esther swim wear williams	8
esther phillips	13	esther bible story	7
esther williams pool liner	11	esther part pool williams	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Esther

Language		Translations for "Esther"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		以斯帖記 (Book of Esther). (various references)

Czech		Ženské Jméno (Hilary, Lena, Nora, Phyllis). (various references)

Pig Latin		estheray

Russian		Эсфирь, Эстер. (various references)

Swedish		ester (ester). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Esther

Language	Date	Source	Esther Chapter 8, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Elaben de o basileuV ton daktulion on afeilato aman kai edwken auton mardocaiw kai katesthsen esqhr mardocaion epi pantwn twn aman
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tulitque rex anulum quem ab Aman recipi iusserat et tradidit Mardocheo Hester autem constituit Mardocheum super domum suam
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And so the king toc the ring, the whiche of Aman he hadde comaundid to be resceiued, and toc to Mardoche. Ester forsothe sette Mardoche vp on hir hous.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the king took off his ring which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.
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Matched Bible Translations: Esther

Language	Esther Chapter 8, Verse 2
Albanian	Kështu mbreti hoqi unazën që i kishte rimarrë Hamanit dhe ia dhe Mardokeut. Pastaj Esteri e caktoi Mardokeun mbi shtëpinë e Hamanit.
Cebuano	Ug gikuha ang singsing sa hari, nga iyang nakuha kang Aman, ug gihatag kini kang Mardocheo. Ug gipahamutang ni Ester si Mardocheo sa balay ni Aman.
Croatian	Kralj skinu peèatni prsten, koji je veæ bio oduzeo Hamanu, i dade ga Mordokaju, a Estera postavi Mordokaja nad Hamanovom kuæom.
Danish	Og Kongen tog sin Seglring, som han havde frataget Haman, og gav Mordokaj den. Og Ester satte Mordokaj over Hamans Hus.
Dutch	En de koning toog zijn ring af, dien hij van Haman genomen had, en gaf hem aan Mordechai; en Esther stelde Mordechai over het huis van Haman.
Finnish	Ja kuningas otti kädestään sinettisormuksensa, jonka hän oli otattanut pois Haamanilta, ja antoi sen Mordokaille; ja Ester pani Mordokain Haamanin talon hoitajaksi.
French	Le roi ôta son anneau, qu`il avait repris � Haman, et le donna � Mardochée; Esther, de son côté, établit Mardochée sur la maison d`Haman.
German	Und der König tat ab von seinem Fingerreif, den er von Haman hatte genommen, und gab ihn Mardochai. Und Esther setzte Mardochai über das Haus Hamans.
Haitian Creole	Wa a wete bag li te reprann nan men Aman an, li bay Madoche li. Estè menm mete Madoche reskonsab tout byen Aman yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Raja melepaskan cincinnya yang telah diambilnya kembali dari Haman dan memberikannya kepada Mordekhai. Dan Ester mengangkat Mordekhai menjadi penguasa harta benda Haman.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka dicabut baginda cincin yang telah diambilnya dari pada Haman, lalu dikaruniakannya cincin itu kepada Mordekhai, dan Esterpun menjadikan Mordekhai itu pemerintah rumah Haman itu.
Manx Gaelic	As ghow yn ree yn fainey v'eh er ghoaill voish Haman, as hug eh eh da Mordecai. As hoie Esther Mordecai harrish thie Haman.
Maori	E unuhia ana e te kingi tona mowhiti i tangohia mai nei e ia i a Hamana, a hoatu ana ki a Mororekai; a i whakanohoia a Mororekai e Ehetere ki te whare o Hamana.
Norwegian	Kongen trakk av sin signetring, som han hadde tatt fra Haman, og gav den til Mordekai, og Ester satte Mordekai over Hamans hus.
Portuguese	O rei tirou o seu anel que ele havia tomado a Hamã, e o deu a Mardoqueu. E Ester encarregou Mardoqueu da casa de Hamã.
Rumanian	Kmpqratul wi -a scos inelul, pe care -l luase knapoi dela Haman, wi l -a dat lui Mardoheu. Estera, din partea ei, a pus pe Mardoheu peste casa lui Haman.
Swedish	Och konungen tog av sig ringen, som han hade låtit taga ifrån Haman, och gav den åt Mordokai. Och Ester satte Mordokai över Hamans hus.
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Misspellings: Esther

Misspellings
	"Esther" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Elthor, Ershler, esher, Esphyr, Estero, Esthart, esthers, Estier, Estler, Etherow, Etherx, Kestner. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Esther

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: ethers, theres, threes.
	Words within the letters "e-e-h-r-s-t"
	-1 letter: ester, ether, heres, reest, reset, sheer, sheet, steer, stere, terse, there, these, three, trees.
	-2 letters: erst, eths, here, hers, hest, hets, rees, resh, rest, rete, rets, seer, sere, tees, thee, tree.
	-3 letters: ere, ers, eth, her, hes, het, ree, res, ret, see, ser, set, she, tee, the.
	-4 letters: eh, er, es, et, he, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-h-r-s-t"
	+1 letter: aethers, etchers, freshet, heaters, hefters, heister, hertzes, heteros, reheats, retches, sheeter, shelter, sherbet, tethers, thermes, threeps, wethers.
	+2 letters: blethers, breathes, cheaters, chestier, diethers, earthset, erethism, etherish, feathers, fetchers, freshest, freshets, greenths, halteres, hastener, headrest, heartens, hearties, heathers, hectares, heisters, hektares, herbiest, heretics, hetaeras, honester, hosteler, isothere, leathers, preheats, recheats, resketch, sheather, sheerest, sheeters, shelters, sherbert, sherbets, shoetree, sketcher, teachers, teethers, telphers, theaters, theatres, theorems, theories, theorise, thermels, threshed, thresher, threshes, trenches, trochees, weathers, whetters, wreathes, wretches.
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