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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70179" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70179" /> == | ||
<p> [[Haman]] (''Hâ'Man'' ), ''Celebrated.'' [[Prime]] minister of Ahasuerus, the Persian monarch. Esther 3:1. His pride was hurt because Mordecai, the Jew, refused to how and do him reverence. Esther 3:2. He was executed on the very gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Esther 7:10. The Jews, on the mention of his name on the day of Purim, hiss. </p> | <p> [[Haman]] ( ''Hâ'Man'' ), ''Celebrated.'' [[Prime]] minister of Ahasuerus, the Persian monarch. Esther 3:1. His pride was hurt because Mordecai, the Jew, refused to how and do him reverence. Esther 3:2. He was executed on the very gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Esther 7:10. The Jews, on the mention of his name on the day of Purim, hiss. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31909" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31909" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_42751" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_42751" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Haman', הָמָן '','' perh. from the Pers. ''Homam, Magnificent,'' or the Sanscr. ''Heman,'' the planet ''Mercury;'' Sept. Ἀμάν ), a favorite and chief minister or vizier of the king of Persia, whose history is involved in chat of Estherand Mordecai ( Esther 3:1 sq.), B.C. 473. (See Ahasuerus). He is called an Agagite; and as Agag was a kind of title of the kings of the Amalekites, (See Agag), it is supposed that Haman was descended from the royal family of that nation (see Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 20). He or his parents probably found their way to [[Persia]] as captives or hostages; and that the foreign origin of Haman was no bar to his advancement at court is a circumstance quite in union with the most ancient and still subsisting usages of the East. Joseph, Daniel, and Mordecai afford other examples of the same kind. 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. Most probably he is the same Aman who is mentioned as the oppressor of [[Achiacharus]] ( Tobit 14:10). The Targum and Josephus (Ant. 11, 6, 5) interpret the description of him the Agagite as signifying that he was of Amalekitish descent; but he is called a [[Macedonian]] by the Sept. in Esther 9:24 (comp. 3:1), and a Persian by Sulpicius Severus. Prideaux (Connexion, anno 453) commutes the sum which he offered to pay into the royal treasury at more than | <p> (Heb. Haman', '''''הָמָן''''' '','' perh. from the Pers. ''Homam, Magnificent,'' or the Sanscr. ''Heman,'' the planet ''Mercury;'' Sept. '''''Ἀμάν''''' ), a favorite and chief minister or vizier of the king of Persia, whose history is involved in chat of Estherand Mordecai ( Esther 3:1 sq.), B.C. 473. (See Ahasuerus). He is called an Agagite; and as Agag was a kind of title of the kings of the Amalekites, (See Agag), it is supposed that Haman was descended from the royal family of that nation (see Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 20). He or his parents probably found their way to [[Persia]] as captives or hostages; and that the foreign origin of Haman was no bar to his advancement at court is a circumstance quite in union with the most ancient and still subsisting usages of the East. Joseph, Daniel, and Mordecai afford other examples of the same kind. 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. Most probably he is the same Aman who is mentioned as the oppressor of [[Achiacharus]] ( Tobit 14:10). The Targum and Josephus (Ant. 11, 6, 5) interpret the description of him the Agagite as signifying that he was of Amalekitish descent; but he is called a [[Macedonian]] by the Sept. in Esther 9:24 (comp. 3:1), and a Persian by Sulpicius Severus. Prideaux (Connexion, anno 453) commutes the sum which he offered to pay into the royal treasury at more than '''''£''''' 2,000,000 sterling. Modern Jews are said to be in the habit of designating any Christian enemy by his name (Eisenmenger, Ent. Jud. 1, 721). The circumstantial details of the height which he attained, and of his sudden downfall, afford, like all the rest of the book of Esther, a most faithful picture of the customs of an Oriental court and government, and furnish invaluable materials for a comparison between the regal usages of ancient and modern times. (See Kitto's [[Daily]] Bible Illust. ad loc.). (See [[Book Of Esther]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4600" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_4600" /> == | ||
