Zeresh (Hastings' Dictionary)
The wifd of Haman, Es"t 5'»' " 6". Jensen (see Wildeboer, 'Esther' in Kurzer Hdcom. p. 173) compares the Elamite goddess KirUa or Giriia (suggesting to read iJnj). The explanations of tlie name from the Persian are doubtlul.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Zeresh
Zeresh ze'-resh (zeresh, "gold," from the Persian; Sosara): The wife of Haman (Es 5:10,14; 6:13), the vizier of Xerxes. ⇒See a list of verses on ZERESH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Zeresh
(gold), the wife of Haman the Agagite. (Esther 5:10,14; 6:13) (B.C. 475.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Zeresh
Haman's wife, who instigated him to erect a high gallows and to prevail on the king to hang on it Mordecai, then to go in merrily with the king unto the banquet, but predicted Haman's own fall when she heard Mordecai was a Jew (Est 5:10; Est 5:14; Est 6:13). Every tongue that shall rise against Jehovah's people in judgment they shall condemn (Isa 54:17).
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
- Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia