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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Haman

noise; tumult

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Haman

(magnificent), the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus. (Esther 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 descent. The Jews hiss whenever his name is mentioned on the day of Purim.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Haman

A favorite of Ashasuerus, king of Persia. In order to revenge himself upon Mordecai the Jew, he plotted the extermination of all the Jews in the kingdom; but in the providence of God he as thwarted by Esther, fell into disgrace with the king, and wrought his own ruin and the upbuilding of the Jews. He is called an Agaite; and as Agag was a common name of the Amalekite kings, the Jews believe he was of that race. This would help to explain his malice against the Jews. See AMALEKITES. Similar wholesale slaughters are still plotted in Asia, and the whole narrative is confirmed and illustrated by the descriptions of eastern life furnished by modern travellers in the same region. The death of Haman took place about 485 B. C. His eventful history shows that pride goes before destruction; that the providence of God directs all things; that his people are safe in the midst of perils; and that his foes must perish.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(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 his parents were brought to Persia as captives taken in war. He was hanged on the gallows which he had erected for Mordecai the Jew (Esther 7:10). (See Esther.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

HAMAN

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's life seemed too mean a sacrifice, and he resolved that Mordecai's nation should perish with him. This was the cause of Haman's downfall and death. A ridiculous notion, which, though widely accepted, has no better foundation than a rabbinic suggestion or guess, represents him as a descendant of Agag, the king of Amalek, who was slain by Samuel. But the language of Scripture (1 Samuel 15:33) indicates that when Agag fell, he was the last of his house. Besides, why should his descendants, if any existed, be called Agagites and not Amalekites? Saul's posterity are in no case termed Saulites, but Benjamites or Israelites. But the basis of this theory has been swept away by recent discovery. Agag was a territory adjacent to that of Media. In an inscription found at Khorsabad, Sargon, the father of Sennacherib, says: "Thirty-four districts of Media I conquered and I added them to the domain of Assyria: I imposed upon them an annual tribute of horses. The country of Agazi (Agag). I ravaged, I wasted, I burned." It may be added that the name of Haman is not Hebrew, neither is that of Hammedatha his father. "The name of Haman," writes M. Oppert, the distinguished Assyriologist, "as well as that of his father, belongs to the Medo-Persian."

John Urquhart

Strong's Hebrew

2001. Haman -- to rage, be turbulent
... 2000, 2001. Haman. 2001a . to rage, be turbulent. Transliteration: Haman
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-mawn') Short Definition: Haman. Haman ...
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2001b. Haman -- a Pers. leader serving under Ahasuerus
... 2001a, 2001b. Haman. 2002 . a Pers. leader serving under Ahasuerus.
Transliteration: Haman Short Definition: Haman. Word Origin ...
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2001a. haman -- to rage, be turbulent
... 2001, 2001a. haman. 2001b . to rage, be turbulent. Transliteration: haman Short
Definition: turmoil. ... 2001, 2001a. haman. 2001b . Strong's Numbers.
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630. Aspatha -- a son of Haman
... a son of Haman. Transliteration: Aspatha Phonetic Spelling: (as-paw-thaw' of Persian
derivation; Aspatha, a son of Haman -- Aspatha.) Short Definition: Aspatha. ...
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118. Adalya -- the fifth son of Haman
... 117, 118. Adalya. 119 . the fifth son of Haman. Transliteration: Adalya
Phonetic Spelling: (ad-al-yaw') Short Definition: Adalia. ...
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6534. Parmashta -- a son of Haman
... 6533, 6534. Parmashta. 6535 . a son of Haman. Transliteration: Parmashta
Phonetic Spelling: (par-mash-taw') Short Definition: Parmashta. ...
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1813. Dalphon -- a son of Haman
... a son of Haman. Transliteration: Dalphon Phonetic Spelling: (dal-fone') Short
Definition: Dalphon. ... From dalaph; dripping; Dalphon, a son of Haman -- Dalphon. ...
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2055. Vayzatha -- a son of Haman
... 2054, 2055. Vayzatha. 2056 . a son of Haman. Transliteration: Vayzatha Phonetic
Spelling: (vah-yez-aw'-thaw) Short Definition: Vaizatha. ...
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2238. Zeresh -- wife of Haman
... Zeresh. 2239 . wife of Haman. Transliteration: Zeresh Phonetic Spelling:
(zeh'-resh) Short Definition: Zeresh. ... Of Persian origin; Zeresh, Haman's wife -- ...
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742. Ariday -- a son of Haman
... a son of Haman. Transliteration: Ariday Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ee-dah'-ee) Short
Definition: Aridai. ... Aridai. Of Persian origin; Aridai, a son of Haman -- Aridai. ...
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Library

Concerning Esther and Mordecai and Haman; and How in the Reign of ...
... CHAPTER 6. Concerning Esther And Mordecai And Haman; And How In The Reign Of Artaxerxes
The Whole Nation Of The Jews Was In Danger Of Perishing. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 concerning esther and.htm

The Net Spread
... THE BOOK OF ESTHER THE NET SPREAD. 'After these things did king Ahasuerus promote
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net spread.htm

At this Time, Mardoch??us was among those Nearest to the King...
... There was at that period one Haman, a very confidential friend of the king, whom
he had made equal to himself and, after the manner of sovereign rulers, had ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xiii at this time.htm

The Wall Rebuilt.
... Mordecai daily sat at the palace gate to hear of his beloved cousin, and there daily
saw the king's new counsellor pass by"Haman, an Agagite, descended from ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xiv the wall rebuilt.htm

Esther
... Presently the whole Jewish race is imperilled by an act of Mordecai, the
foster-father of Esther, who refuses to do obeisance to Haman, a powerful and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/esther.htm

Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther.
... While Esther stands out as the principal character, the whole story turns on the
refusal of Mordecai to bow down to Haman, which would have been to show him ...
/.../the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter xi ezra nehemiah and.htm

In the Days of Queen Esther
... Through Haman the Agagite, an unscrupulous man high in authority in Medo-Persia,
Satan worked at this time to counterwork the purposes of God. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 49 in the days.htm

Esther, the Queen.
... About this time the king gave great honors to a man named Haman. He set
him above all his princes, and when the king's servants ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxxiv esther the queen.htm

The Net Broken
... 'And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought
him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the net broken.htm

Queen Esther's Love for Her People
... After these events King Xerxes promoted Haman, the Agagite, and gave him
a place above all the officials who were with him. All ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/queen esthers love for her.htm

Thesaurus

Agagite (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A name applied to Haman and also to his father (Esther
3:1, 10; 8:3, 5). Probably it was equivalent to Amalekite. Int. ...
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Mor'decai (51 Occurrences)
... Esther 3:2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down,
and prostrated themselves before Haman; for the king had so commanded ...
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Gallows (8 Occurrences)
... Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he
had the gallows made. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Purim (5 Occurrences)
... A lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical
commemoration of Haman's consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose ...
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Pur (3 Occurrences)
... A lot, lots, a festival instituted by the Jews (Esther 9:24-32) in ironical
commemoration of Haman's consultation of the Pur (a Persian word), for the purpose ...
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Ahasu-e'rus (30 Occurrences)
... Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that ...
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Zeresh (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Star of Venus, the wife of Haman, whom she instigated
to prepare a gallows for Mordecai (Esther 5:10). Int. ...
/z/zeresh.htm - 8k

Ag'agite (5 Occurrences)
... Esther 3:1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who ...
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Mordecai (52 Occurrences)
... His services to the king in this matter were duly recorded in the royal chronicles.
Haman (qv) the Agagite had been raised to the highest position at court. ...
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Xerxes (24 Occurrences)
... Esther 3:1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who ...
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Resources

Who was Haman the Agagite? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Esther in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Xerxes in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

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Haman (46 Occurrences)

Esther 3:1
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:2
All the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed down, and paid homage to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn't bow down or pay him homage.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:4
Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn't listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:5
When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:6
But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:7
In the first month, which 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, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:8
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:10
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:11
The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:12
Then the king's scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king's ring.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 3:15
The couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 4:7
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:4
Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:5
Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:8
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:9
Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:10
Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:11
Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:12
Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 5:14
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:4
The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:5
The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the court." The king said, "Let him come in."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:6
So Haman came in. The king said to him, "What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?" Now Haman said in his heart, "Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:7
Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Esther 6:10
Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:11
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:12
Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 6:13
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Esther 6:14
While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 7:1
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 7:6
Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!" Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 7:7
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?" As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 7:9
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, "Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman's house." The king said, "Hang him on it!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:1
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:2
The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:3
Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:5
She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 8:7
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, but they didn't lay their hand on the plunder.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:12
The king said to Esther the queen, "The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:13
Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:14
The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:24
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast "Pur," that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:25
but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Haman

Haman: Hanged

Haman: Prime Minister of Ahasuerus

Related Terms

Mor'decai (51 Occurrences)

Gallows (8 Occurrences)

Purim (5 Occurrences)

Pur (3 Occurrences)

Ahasu-e'rus (30 Occurrences)

Zeresh (3 Occurrences)

Ag'agite (5 Occurrences)