Teresh

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Teresh: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a gate keeper of the palace of King Ahasuerus

Hebrew

Strongs #08657: vrt Teresh

Teresh = "strictness"

1) one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia
but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai

8657 Teresh teh'-resh

of foreign derivation; Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes:-Teresh.

Teresh [EBD]

severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).

Teresh [NAVE]

TERESH, a Persian chamberlain. Plotted against Ahasuerus, Esth. 2:21-23; 6:2.

TERESH [SMITH]

(strictness), one of the two eunuchs whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus was discovered by Mordecai. (Esther 2:21; 6:2) He was hanged. (B.C. 479.)

TERESH [ISBE]

TERESH - te'-resh (teresh (Est 2:21; 6:2); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Tharas and Tharras): A chamberlain of King Ahasuerus. Oppert compares the name with Tiri-dates, the name of the governor of Persepolis in the time of Alexander. Another explanation identifies it with the Persian word turs "firm"; Scheft links it with the Persian tarsha, "desire."