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Zeresh in the Bible.

The wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai. The King James Version names Zeresh in 3 verses, from Esther 5:10 to Esther 6:13.

Zeresh’s family.

Herself
Zeresh
Husbands, and their children
Hamanno children named

Her family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Zeresh’s own words.

Zeresh speaks in 2 verses of the King James Version, all in Esther.

Her first words in the Bible
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther 5:14 ›

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Who Zeresh was.

Star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 3 verses that name Zeresh.

Esther 3

  • Esther 5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
  • Esther 5:14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
  • Esther 6:13And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Questions about Zeresh.

Who was Zeresh in the Bible?

The wife of Haman, whom she instigated to prepare a gallows for Mordecai. The King James Version names Zeresh in 3 verses, from Esther 5:10 to Esther 6:13.

Who was Zeresh’s husband?

Haman.

Where does Zeresh speak in the Bible?

In 2 verses of the King James Version, all in Esther. Her first words are in Esther 5:14.

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