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N-proper-ms  |  10× in 1 sense
Vashti — the Persian queen deposed by Ahasuerus (Xerxes) for refusing to appear at his banquet.
Vashti (possibly from Old Persian vahista, 'best, most excellent') was the queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Xerxes I). Her story occupies the opening chapter of Esther: she hosted a parallel banquet for the women (Esth 1:9) and refused the king's command to display her beauty before his guests (Esth 1:12). This act of defiance set in motion the events that led to Esther's rise. The name is rendered consistently across translations — English 'Vashti,' Spanish 'Vasti,' French 'Vasthi,' German 'Waschti' — each adapting the Persian sibilants to local phonology while preserving the name's identity.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — The proper name Vashti, identifying the queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes I) who was deposed after refusing the king's summons to his banquet (Esth 1:9-19). Her removal created the vacancy that Esther would fill (Esth 2:1, 4, 17). All ten occurrences are confined to Esther 1-2 and refer to this single individual. The phonetic variations across languages — Spanish 'Vasti,' French 'Vasthi,' German 'Waschti' — reflect different conventions for rendering the Persian consonant cluster. 10×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Personal Names
AR["وَشْتِي"]·ben["বষ্টী", "বষ্টীকে", "বষ্টীর"]·DE["Waschti"]·EN["Vashti"]·FR["Vasthi"]·heb["ושתי"]·HI["वश्ती", "वश्ती-ने"]·ID["Wasti"]·IT["Vashti"]·jav["Wasti"]·KO["와스디를", "와스디의", "와신마다", "와신에게", "와신이"]·PT["Vashti"]·RU["Вашти"]·ES["Vasti"]·SW["Vashti", "malkia", "mfalme", "na-akamfanya-malkia"]·TR["Vasti", "Vasti'nin", "Vasti'ye", "Vasti'yi"]·urd["وشتی", "وشتی-نے", "وشتی-کی"]
Esth 1:9, Esth 1:11, Esth 1:12, Esth 1:15, Esth 1:16, Esth 1:17, Esth 1:19, Esth 2:1, Esth 2:4, Esth 2:17
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† וַשְׁתִּי n.pr.f. (= Pers. (Zend) vahista, best, cf. JustiHdb. d. Zendsprache, 272) queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes) king of Persia, Est 1:9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19; 2:1, 4, 17.