Xerxes
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- Xerxes
- king of Persia who reigned 486-465 B.C.E., Greek Xerxes, from Old Persian Xšayaršan, literally "male (i.e. 'hero') among kings," from Xšaya- "to rule over" (see shah) + aršan "male, man, hero." The Hebrew rendition was Ahashwerosh, Ahashresh.
Example
- 1. However , unlike xerxes , we faced up to the challenges of our new environment .
- 2. In a carefully crafted letter filled with half-truths , these opponents of god 's people manage to convince king xerxes to shut down the building project .
- 3. The book thus gradually leads us to reflect on the strange circumstances that bring esther to succeed vashti as queen , as the consort of the emperor xerxes .