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(Heb. Hadassah', äֲãִñָּä , myrtle; comp. the Gr. names A Myrto, etc.; Sept. omits, Vulg. Edissa), the earlier Jewish name of ESTHER (Est_2:7). Gesenius (Thesaur. p. 366) suggests that it is identical with òÁôïóóá , the name of the daughter of Cyrus (Herod. 3. 133,134).