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Strong's H2060 וַשְׁתִּי (vashti)

Vashtiy - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2060 — hermes in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2060
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 10
Books 1

Strong's H2060 Quick Answer

Strong's H2060 וַשׁתִּי (Vashtiy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Vashtiy (vash-tee') n/p. 1. Vashti, the queen of Xerxes [of Persian origin] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include vashti. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Vashtiy (vash-tee') n/p. 1. Vashti, the queen of Xerxes [of Persian origin]
Usage
10 linked usages
Books
1 indexed book
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
vashti

Meaning and Definition

Vashtiy (vash-tee') n/p. 1. Vashti, the queen of Xerxes [of Persian origin] KJV: Vashti.

Original Word
וַשׁתִּי
Transliteration
Vashtiy
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2060. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Vashti

Usage: A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.1.9; married to Ahasuerus (H0325) § Vashti = "beautiful" the queen, wife of Ahasuerus, whom he divorced for disobeying his orders

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How Strong's H2060 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Vashtiy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Vashti Esther 1:9 10×

How Strong's H2060 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 10 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2060 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2060 in the Old Testament

10 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Esther 1:9 KJV

Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:11 KJV

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

Esther 1:12 KJV

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Usage Excerpts

First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2060.

Esther 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
Esther 1:12 Old Testament, KJV
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Esther 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
Esther 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
Esther 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Esther 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Esther 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2060, grouped by book.

Esther 10 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2060 FAQ

What does vashti (וַשְׁתִּי) mean?

Vashti (Strong's H2060) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Vashti". Vashtiy (vash-tee') n/p. 1. Vashti, the queen of Xerxes [of Persian origin]

How many times is vashti (וַשְׁתִּי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H2060 across 1 book.

Where can I study vashti (וַשְׁתִּי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2060 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate vashti (וַשְׁתִּי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vashti. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.