esther
Noun
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(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen;
She stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) (synset 110981364)referred to in: old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible -
An Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre (synset 106448387)
is an instance of: book - a major division of a long written compositionis a part of:
- old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
- hagiographa, ketubim, writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
same as: book of esther
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