Haman
And 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....
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Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of
the first month, and there was written according to all that
Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the
governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers
of every people of every province according to the writing
thereof, and [to] every people after their ...
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In the first month, that [is], the month Nisan, in the
twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that [is], the
lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month,
[to] the twelfth [month], that [is], the month Adar....
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(Also known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the evil
המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who,
according to Old Testament tradition, was a 5th Century BC
Persian noble and vizier of the empire under Persian King
Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Artaxerxes II . Haman
is described as the son of Hammedatha the Ag...
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ha'-man (haman; Haman): A Persian noble and vizier of the
empire under Xerxes. He was the enemy of Mordecai, the
cousin of Esther. Mordecai, being a Jew, was unable to
prostrate himself before the great official and to render to
him the adoration which was due to him in accordance with
Persian custom. Haman's wrath was so inflamed that one man...
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-Prime minister of Ahasuerus
Es 3:1
-Plotted against Esther and the Jews; thwarted by Esther and
Mordecai
-Hanged
Es 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9...
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(magnificent), the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus.
Es 3:1 (B.C. 473.) After the failure of his attempt to cut off
all the Jews in the Persian empire, he was hanged on the
gallows which he had erected for Mordecai. The Targum and
Josephus interpret the inscription of him--the Agagite --as
signifying that he was of Amalekitish descen...
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(of Persian origin), magnificent, the name of the vizier
(i.e.,
the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus
(Esther 3:1,
etc.). He is called an "Agagite," which seems to
denote that he
was descended from the royal family of the Amalekites,
the
bitterest enemies of the Jews, as Agag was one of the
titles of
the Amalekite kings. He or...
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(See ESTHER.) Son of Hammedatha "the Agagite," probably of
Amalekite origin (Numbers 24:7; Numbers 24:20; 1 Samuel
15:8). The Amalekites had from the first pursued Israel with
unrelenting spite (Exodus 17:16, margin; Deuteronomy 25:17-
19), and were consequently all but exterminated by Israel (1
Samuel 15:8; 1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Samuel 8:12; 1 Chr...
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