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Strong's H325 אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ (achashverosh)

Achashverosh means “Ahasuerus” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G325 — anadidomi (“deliver”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H325
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 30
Books 3

Strong's H325 Quick Answer

Strong's H325 אֲחַשׁוֵרוֹשׁ אַחַשׁרוֹשׁ (Achashverowsh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh') (or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10) n/p. 1. Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king [of Persian origin] It has 30 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include ahasuerus and ahasuerus'. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh') (or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10) n/p. 1. Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king [of Persian origin]
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
ahasuerus and ahasuerus'

Meaning and Definition

Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh') (or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10) n/p. 1. Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king [of Persian origin] KJV: Ahasuerus.

Original Word
אֲחַשׁוֵרוֹשׁ אַחַשׁרוֹשׁ
Transliteration
Achashverowsh
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H325. 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)

Ahasuerus

Usage: A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.6; married to Vashti (H2060); father of: Darius (H1868H) § Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor" title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes

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How Strong's H325 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Achashverowsh, 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.

Ahasuerus Ezra 4:6 29× Ahasuerus' Esther 8:10

How Strong's H325 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 30 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H325 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 H325 in the Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Ezra 4:6 KJV

And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

Esther 1:1 KJV

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Esther 1:2 KJV

That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H325.

Ezra 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Esther 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Esther 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
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 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
Esther 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Esther 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Esther 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Esther 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Esther 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
Esther 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Esther 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
Esther 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Esther 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Esther 9:2 Old Testament, KJV
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
Esther 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
Esther 9:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
Esther 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
Esther 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Daniel 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H325, grouped by book.

Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 28 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H325 FAQ

What does achashverosh (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ) mean?

Achashverosh (Strong's H325) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ahasuerus". Achashverowsh (akh-ash-vay-rosh') (or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10) n/p. 1. Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king [of Persian origin]

How many times is achashverosh (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's H325 across 3 books.

Where can I study achashverosh (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H325 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate achashverosh (אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ)?

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