McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Zeresh

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Zeresh


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(Heb. id. æֶøֶùׁ , Persian for gold; Sept. ÆùóáñÜ v.r. ÓùóáñÜ ; Josephus, ÆÜñáñá , Ant. 11:6, 10; Vulg. Zares), the wife of Haman the Agagite (Esther 5, 10), who advised him to prepare the gallows for Mordecai (Est_5:10; Est_5:14), but predicted his fall on learning that Mordecai was a Jew (6, 13). B.C. 474. SEE ESTHER.