Teresh - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H8657 תֶּרֶשׁ (Teresh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Teresh (teh'-resh) n/p. 1. Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes [of foreign derivation] It has 2 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include teresh. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Teresh (teh'-resh) n/p. 1. Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes [of foreign derivation] KJV: Teresh.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8657. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Teresh
Usage: A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.21 § Teresh = "strictness" one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Teresh, 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.
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.
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2 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
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.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8657.
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.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8657, grouped by book.
Teresh (Strong's H8657) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Teresh". Teresh (teh'-resh) n/p. 1. Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes [of foreign derivation]
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's H8657 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8657 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as teresh. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.