Esther

English

Etymology

Either from Old Persian  (star-, “star”), or from Hebrew עשתר (Ishtar, “a Persian goddess”). Compare Middle Persian stl (star), stʾlk' (stārag), New Persian ستاره (setâre).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA: /ˈɛstə/, X-SAMPA: /"Est@/
• (US) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA: /ˈɛstɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"Est@`/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)
• Homophone: ester

Proper noun

Esther

Esther on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Esther” on Wikisource. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. A female given name.
2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. (biblical) The heroine of the Book of Esther.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Esther 2:7:

     And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.

Related terms

• Essie, Hester, Hettie, Hetty
• Vanessa

Translations

book of the Bible

• Danish: Ester (da)
• Dutch: Ester (nl)
• Estonian: Ester (et)
• Finnish: Ester (fi)
• French: Esther (fr)
• German: Ester (de)
• Hawaiian: ʻEsetera
• Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (ester)
• Hungarian: Eszter (hu)

• Japanese: エステル記 (esuteru ki)
• Maltese: Ktieb Ester
• Norwegian: Ester (no)
• Persian: استر (fa) (Ester)
• Polish: Księga Estery (pl) f
• Slovene: Estera
• Spanish: Esther (es), Ester (es)
• Swahili: Esta (sw)
• Swedish: Ester (sv)

female given name

• Czech: Ester (cs) f
• Danish: Esther (da)
• Estonian: Ester (et)
• Finnish: Esteri (fi)
• French: Esther (fr)
• German: Esther (de)
• Greenlandic: Eersta (kl)
• Hawaiian: ʻEkekela
• Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר (ester)

• Hungarian: Eszter (hu)
• Latvian: Estere (lv) f
• Norwegian: Ester (no)
• Persian: استر (fa) (Ester)
• Polish: Estera (pl) f
• Spanish: Esther (es), Ester (es)
• Swahili: Esta (sw)
• Swedish: Ester (sv)

Anagrams

• ethers, Hester, theres, there's, threes

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Danish

Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester.

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French

Proper noun

Esther

1. (biblical) Esther.
2. A female given name.

Anagrams

• hêtres

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German

Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester.

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Esther

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Ester.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Esther (m)

1. (biblical) Esther.
2. A female given name.

Synonyms

• Ester