{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H325",
  "lemma": "אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ",
  "transliteration": "ʼĂchashvêrôwsh",
  "definition": "Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king",
  "kjv": "Ahasuerus.",
  "occurrences": 31,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ n.pr.m. Ahasuerus = Xerxes king of Pers."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:1",
      "text": "Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:2",
      "text": "in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:9",
      "text": "Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:10",
      "text": "On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:15",
      "text": "“What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:16",
      "text": "Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:17",
      "text": "For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands when it is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 1:19",
      "text": "“If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/1?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:1",
      "text": "After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Esther 2:12",
      "text": "Each young woman’s turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/2?v=12"
    }
  ],
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