Teresh
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Teresh: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a gate keeper of the palace of King Ahasuerus
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Hebrew
Strongs #08657: vrt Teresh
Teresh = "strictness"1) one of the 2 eunuchs who plotted to kill king Ahasuerus of Persia
but whose plot was discovered by Mordecai
8657 Teresh teh'-resh
of foreign derivation; Teresh, a eunuch of Xerxes: KJV -- Teresh.Teresh [ebd]
severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
TERESH [smith]
(strictness), one of the two eunuchs whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus was discovered by Mordecai. (Esther 2:21; 6:2) He was hanged. (B.C. 479.)TERESH [isbe]
TERESH - te'-resh (teresh (Est 2:21; 6:2); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Tharas and Tharras): A chamberlain of King Ahasuerus. Oppert compares the name with Tiri-dates, the name of the governor of Persepolis in the time of Alexander. Another explanation identifies it with the Persian word turs "firm"; Scheft links it with the Persian tarsha, "desire."
