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Table of Contents HEBREW: 1919 hodh Hadaccah
NAVE: Hadassah
EBD: Hadassah
SMITH: HADASSAH
ISBE: HADASSAH

Hadassah

In Bible versions:

Hadassah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a myrtle; joy

adopted daughter of her cousin Mordecai of Benjamin

Hadassah = "myrtle"

1) queen Esther's Jewish name

feminine of 1918; Hadassah (or Esther): KJV -- Hadassah.
see HEBREW for 01918

HADASSAH, Jewish name of Esther, Esth. 2:7.
See: Esther.

myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther (q.v.), Esther 2:7.

(myrtle), probably the earlier name of Esther. (Esther 2:7)

HADASSAH - ha-das'-a (hadhaqqah, "myrtle"): The Hebrew name (Est 2:7) formerly borne by ESTHER (which see).