1. Esther (proper name) — The proper noun אֶסְתֵּר (Esther), the Persian name (possibly from Old Persian 'stara', star, or the goddess Ishtar) of Hadassah, the Jewish queen of Persia and protagonist of the Book of Esther. All 55 occurrences appear exclusively in the Book of Esther and render consistently across languages: eng 'Esther', spa 'Ester', hin 'एस्तेर', arb 'أَسْتِيرُ/أَسْتِيرَ', kor '에스더', swa 'Esta'. The two clusters differ only in prefixed prepositions: S83618 (54x) includes bare, lamed-prefixed, and waw-conjunction forms, while S83621 (1x) has the min-preposition ('from Esther'). These are grammatical variations, not semantic distinctions. 55×
AR["أَسْتِيرَ","أَسْتِيرُ","تَكُنْ-أَسْتِيرُ"]·ben["ইস্তের","ইস্তেরকে","ইস্তেরের"]·DE["Esther"]·EN["Esther"]·FR["Esther"]·heb["אסתר"]·HI["एस्तेर","एस्तेर-का","एस्तेर-की","एस्तेर-ने","एस्तेर-भी","एस्तेर-से"]·ID["Ester"]·IT["Ester"]·jav["Èstèr"]·KO["에스더","에스더가","에스더를","에스더에게","에스더의"]·PT["Ester"]·RU["Эстер"]·ES["Ester"]·SW["-","Esta","Esteri","akasema","binti-ya","hakusema","kama-vile","na-kumwamuru","waliomuona","ya-Esta"]·TR["Ester","Ester'e","Ester'i","Ester'in"]·urd["استر","استر-نے","استر-کی"]
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אֶסְתֵּר n.pr.f. Esther (Pers. stâra, star)—daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of tribe of Benjamin; made queen in Vashti’s place by Ahasuerus; her Jewish name הֲדַסָּה q.v. Est 2:7, 8, 10, 11, 15(×2), 16, 17 + 47 times Est.