{"query": "Easton: Esther, Book of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_b0a399e44fbf", "title": "Easton: Esther, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasuerus (the Xerxes of the Greeks), which took place B.C. 465. The minute and particular account also g"}, {"id": "card_n_c61aa49bf7b4", "title": "Easton: Esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas’sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth b"}, {"id": "card_n_d064b0d2110e", "title": "Easton: Shushan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A lily, the Susa of Greek and Roman writers, once the capital of Elam. It lay in the uplands of Susiana, on the east of the Tigris, about 150 miles to the north of the head of the Persian Gulf. It is "}, {"id": "card_c_m_2180df164bb6", "title": "Easton: Esther, Book of shares a section with Easton: Fever", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Esther, Book of shares a section with Easton: Fever."}, {"id": "card_c_m_8004e50c0a45", "title": "Easton: Esther, Book of shares a section with Easton: Haggai", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Esther, Book of shares a section with Easton: Haggai."}, {"id": "card_n_953993475f68", "title": "Easton: Ahasuerus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three kings designated by this name in Scripture. (1.) The father of Darius the Mede, mentioned in Dan. 9:1. This was probably the Cyaxares I. known by this name in profane history, the king"}, {"id": "card_src_word_book_of_esther", "title": "book of esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "book of esther: (noun) an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre — syn: Esther"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h635", "title": "H635 — אֶסְתֵּר (es.ter): Esther", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "אֶסְתֵּר (es.ter), Strong's H635: Esther. A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7; daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7; Also named: ha.das"}, {"id": "card_src_book_15790", "title": "Esther — Jean Racine", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Esther, by Jean Racine (in en; fr). Subjects: Esther, Queen of Persia -- Drama. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15790"}, {"id": "card_src_word_additions_to_esther", "title": "additions to esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "additions to esther: (noun) an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther"}, {"id": "card_src_word_esther", "title": "esther", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "esther: (noun) (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"}, {"id": "card_n_d37649c81c16", "title": "Easton: Nehemiah, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the first person (ch. 1-7; 12:27-47, and 13). But there are also portions of it in which Nehemiah is sp"}, {"id": "card_c_m_c27d83daec17", "title": "Easton: Esther shares a section with Easton: Habakkuk, Prophecies of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Esther shares a section with Easton: Habakkuk, Prophecies of."}, {"id": "card_n_1f0a211c571e", "title": "Easton: Haman", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(of Persian origin), magnificent, the name of the vizier (i.e., the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1, etc.). He is called an “Agagite,” which seems to denote that he was desce"}, {"id": "card_src_book_38164", "title": "English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators, with Lists of Their Books — R. E. D. (Rose Esther Dorothea) Sketchley", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "English Book-Illustration of To-day Appreciations of the Work of Living English Illustrators, with Lists of Their Books, by R. E. D. (Rose Esther Dorothea) Sketchley. Subjects: Illustrators -- Great B"}, {"id": "card_n_aefd11433a6f", "title": "Easton: Mordecai", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the "}, {"id": "card_src_book_23453", "title": "The book of one syllable — Esther Bakewell", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The book of one syllable, by Esther Bakewell. Subjects: Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Children's stories. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23453"}, {"id": "card_src_book_16975", "title": "The Haunted House: A True Ghost Story Being an account of the mysterious manifestations that have taken place in the presence of Esther Cox, the young girl who is possessed of devi", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Haunted House: A True Ghost Story Being an account of the mysterious manifestations that have taken place in the presence of Esther Cox, the young girl who is possessed of devils, and has become k"}, {"id": "card_n_21cce410a6a5", "title": "Easton: Abihail", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14. (4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David’s eldest brother. (5.) The father of Esther and "}, {"id": "card_n_3f25971a39e2", "title": "Easton: Chronicles, Books of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence "}]}