Esther

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Homophones 1.4 Proper noun 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 3 French 3.1 Proper noun 4 German 4.1 Proper noun 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Proper noun 6.1.1 Synonyms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Either from Persian ستاره (setâreh), star, or from Hebrew עשתר (Ishtar), a Persian goddess.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA: /ˈɛstə/, SAMPA: /"Est@/
• (US) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA: /ˈɛstɚ/, SAMPA: /"Est@`/

  Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)

[edit] Homophones

• ester

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Esther

Plural -

Esther

Esther on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Wikisource has an article on “Esther”. 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.

[edit] Quotations

• 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.

[edit] Related terms

• Essie, Hester, Hettie, Hetty
• Vanessa

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eehrst
• ethers
• Hester
• theres, there's
• threes

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Esther

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

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Esther

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

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[edit] German

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Esther

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

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[edit] Norwegian

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Esther

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

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[edit] Spanish

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Esther (m)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• Ester