ahasuerus

A·has·u·e·rus

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-haz-yoo-eer-uh s, uh-has-, uh-hazh-oo-; Sephardic Hebrew ah-khahsh-ve-rawsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew ah-khuh sh-vey-ruh sh]
- /əˌhæz yuˈɪər əs, əˌhæs-, əˌhæʒ u-; Sephardic Hebrew ɑˌxɑʃ vɛˈrɔʃ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌɑ xəʃˈveɪ rəʃ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-haz-yoo-eer-uh s, uh-has-, uh-hazh-oo-; Sephardic Hebrew ah-khahsh-ve-rawsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew ah-khuh sh-vey-ruh sh]
- /əˌhæz yuˈɪər əs, əˌhæs-, əˌhæʒ u-; Sephardic Hebrew ɑˌxɑʃ vɛˈrɔʃ; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˌɑ xəʃˈveɪ rəʃ/

Definitions of ahasuerus word

noun ahasuerus a king of ancient Persia and husband of Esther, generally identified with Xerxes 3
noun ahasuerus either of two kings of the Medes and Persians, esp. the one (often identified as Xerxes I) who was married to Esther: Esth. 1; Ezra 4:6 3
noun ahasuerus a king of ancient Persia, known to the Greeks as Xerxes: husband of the Biblical Esther. 1

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