HAMAN

Meaning of HAMAN in English

n. grand vizier of Persia who plotted the destruction of the Jews but was hung when his plan was discovered (from the Book of Esther)

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HAMAN — noun Etymology: Hebrew Hāmān Date: 14th century a Persian minister in the book of Esther who is hanged after plotting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAMAN — /hay"meuhn/ , n. a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAMAN — noun Etymology: Hebrew Hāmān Date: 14th century : a Persian minister in the book of Esther who is hanged after …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAMAN — [Ha.man] n [Heb Haman]: an enemy of the Jews hanged according to the book of Esther for plotting their destruction
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAMAN — Haman BrE AmE ˈheɪm ən -æn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAMAN — (magnificent), the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 3:1) (B.C. 473.) After the failure of his attempt to …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HAMAN — noise; tumult
Bible Names English vocab
HAMAN — Аман
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HAMAN — n. Pronunciation: ' h ā -m ə n Function: noun Etymology: Hebrew H ā m ā n Date: 14th century …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PURIM — noun Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally, lots; from the casting of lots by Haman (Esther 9:24-26) Date: 1535 a Jewish holiday …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MORDECAI — noun Etymology: Hebrew Mordĕkhai Date: 1587 a relative of Esther who gave advice on saving the Jews from the destruction …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAMANTASCH — noun (plural ~en) Etymology: Yiddish homentash, from Homen Haman + tash pocket, bag Date: 1927 a 3-cornered pastry with a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PURIM — Jewish festival celebrating the survival of the Jews marked for death in Persia in the 5th cent BC. According to …
Английский словарь Британика
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Английский словарь Британика
ESTHER — I heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
Английский словарь Британика
PURIM — ˈpu̇rəm, ˈpü-, ˈ(ˌ)rim, pu̇ˈrim noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally the lots, from plural of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAGER — ˈgrägə(r) noun or greg·er or greg·ger -reg- ; also grog·ger -räg- ( -s ) Etymology: Yiddish grager, greger, from Polish …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PURIM — (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the …
Английский словарь Webster
PURIM — ( n. ) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAANITH ESTHER — /tah"nit' es"teuhr, -nis/ ; Seph. Heb. /tah'ah neet" es terdd"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /tah"ah nis es"teuhrdd/ a Jewish fast day …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PURIM — /poor"im/ ; Seph. Heb. /pooh rddeem"/ ; Ashk. Heb. /poordd"im/ , n. a Jewish festival celebrated on the 14th day …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MORDECAI — /mawr"di kuy', mawr'di kay"uy/ , n. 1. the cousin and guardian of Esther who delivered the Jews from the destruction …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PURIM — noun Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally, lots; from the casting of lots by Haman (Esther 9:24-26) Date: 1535 : a Jewish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PURIM — [ 'pʊərɪm , pʊ'ri:m ] ■ noun a lesser Jewish festival held in spring to commemorate the defeat of Haman's …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PURIM — [Pu.rim] n [Heb purim, lit., lots; fr. the casting of lots by Haman (Esth 9:24-26)] (1535): a Jewish holiday celebrated …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PURIM — ((Hebrew: Lots), ) English Feast of Lots, a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the survival of the Jews who, in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ESTHER, BOOK OF — Old Testament book that belongs to the third section of the Judaic biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MORDECAI — In the biblical book of Esther, the cousin or guardian of Esther . Mordecai was a Jew who offended Haman, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ESTHER — n. heroine and central figure in the book of Esther. She was a beautiful Jewish woman, the wife of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PURIM — (lots), the annual festival instituted to commemorate the preservation of the Jews in Persia from the massacre with which they …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ESTHER, BOOK OF — one of the latest of the canonical books of Scripture, having been written late in the reign of Xerxes, or …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
AHASUERUS — (lion-king), the name of one Median and two Persian kings mentioned in the Old Testament. â In (Daniel 9:1) Ahasuerus …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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