Ahasuerus

American  

[uh-haz-yoo-eer-uhs, uh-has-, uh-hazh-oo-, ah-khahsh-ve-rawsh, ah-khuhsh-vey-ruhsh] / əˌhæz yuˈɪər əs, əˌhæs-, əˌhæʒ u-, ɑˌxɑʃ vɛˈrɔʃ, ˌɑ xəʃˈveɪ rəʃ /

Douay Bible, Assuerus

noun

1. a king of ancient Persia, known to the Greeks as Xerxes: husband of the Biblical Esther.

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Ahasuerus British  

/ əˌhæzjuːˈɪərəs /

noun

1. Old Testament a king of ancient Persia and husband of Esther, generally identified with Xerxes

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Example Sentences

One of their declarations: That like the Hebrew queen Esther — who wed King Ahasuerus of Persia and saved the country’s Jews from slaughter — they had been brought “to the kingdom for a time such as this.”

From Salon

The tapestry was inspired by Gentileschi’s painting “Esther before Ahasuerus,” the house said, and made by Mumbai’s Chanakya International embroidery studio that provides hand embroidery training for women from low-income communities.

From Seattle Times

As Esther rose through ranks to become the queen of Persia, she kept her religious identity secret to her husband, King Ahasuerus.

From Salon

At the center of the story is King Ahasuerus, who met Esther, a Jewish girl at a mandatory beauty pageant he arranged with the hopes of finding a new queen after he had his first wife killed for failing to obey his commands.

From Fox News

The word “hamantaschen,” a Yiddish term, is a reminder of the Jewish peoples’ deliverance from their enemy Haman, an official under the Persian King Ahasuerus, also known as Xerxes I, in the fifth century B.C.

From New York Times