H325

'Achashverowsh

akh-ash-vay-rosh'

Proper Name Masculine

or (shortened) pAchashrosh {akh- ash-rosh'} (Esth. 10:1); of Persian origin; Achashverosh (i.e. Ahasuerus or Artaxerxes, but in this case Xerxes), the title (rather than name) of a Persian king:--Ahasuerus.

Ahasuerus = "I will be silent and poor"

1. title of the king of Persia, probably Xerxes