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Esther (Hebrew: אֶסְתֵּר) is a female given name known from the Jewish queen Esther, eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. According to the Hebrew Bible, queen Esther was born with the name הֲדַסָּה Hadassah ("Myrtle"). Her name was changed to Esther to hide her identity upon becoming queen of Persia.
Esther tells Ahasuerus that while she appreciates the offer, she must put before him a more basic issue: she explains that there is a person plotting to kill her and her entire people, and that this person's intentions are to harm the king and the kingdom. When Ahasuerus asks who this person is, Esther points to Haman and names him.
Esti (/ ˈ ɛ s t iː /) (EST-ee) is a primarily feminine given name. Also spelled Estee or Estée, the name is a diminutive of the Hebrew name Esther. The name is often given in reference to the Biblical Esther in the Book of Esther. Esther and its diminutives are well used in Israel and elsewhere in the Jewish community.
30. Esther. A strong female figure from the Old Testament, this Hebrew name means ‘star.' ... This star-crossed lover’s name has English origins, and a meaning ‘youthful’ or ‘Jove’s ...
The name of the unlikely heroine in Dickens’s Great Expectations, Estella is a pretty choice with Latin origin, and (yep, you guessed it) the meaning is ‘star.' 28. Aster
Estee (/ ˈ ɛ s t iː / (EST-ee) and Estée (/ ˈ ɛ s t eɪ /) (EST-ay) are feminine given names, both diminutives of the name Esther. [1] It may refer to: Estée Cattoor (born 2004), Belgian footballer; Estée Lauder (1908-2004), American entrpreneur and namesake of Estée Lauder Companies; Estee Portnoy, American business executive
An ester of a carboxylic acid.R stands for any group (typically hydrogen or organyl) and R ′ stands for any organyl group.. In chemistry, an ester is a compound derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group (−OH) of that acid is replaced by an organyl group (R ′). [1]
The "Old Greek" Septuagint version of Esther translates the name Ahasuerus as Artaxerxes, [43] a Greek name derived from the Persian Artaxšaθra. Josephus too relates that this was the name by which he was known to the Greeks, and the Midrashic text Esther Rabba also makes the identification.