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הֲדַסָּה

ha.das.sah

Hadassah

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Strong’s H1919Proper name, a person1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

hadassah1

In the text

Esther 2:7הֲדַסָּה
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

הֲדַסָּה n.pr.f. Jewish name of Esther (= myrtle) Est 2:7

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.