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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63013" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63013" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. id. תֶּרֶשׁ, prob. Pers. ''Strictness;'' Sept. [in some copies only] Θάρας or Θάῤῥας; ''Vulg. Thares),'' the second-named of the two eunuchs who kept the door of the palace of Ahasuerus, and who were hanged, their plot to assassinate the king being discovered by [[Mordecai]] ( Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ). B.C. 479. Josephus: calls him Theodestes (Θεοδέστης, ''Ant.'' 11:6, 4 and 10), and says that, the conspiracy having been detected by Barnabazus, a servant of one of the eunuchs, who was a Jew by birth, and who revealed it to Mordecai, the conspirators were crucified. </p> | <p> (Heb. id. '''''תֶּרֶשׁ''''' , prob. Pers. ''Strictness;'' Sept. [in some copies only] '''''Θάρας''''' or '''''Θάῤῥας''''' ; ''Vulg. Thares),'' the second-named of the two eunuchs who kept the door of the palace of Ahasuerus, and who were hanged, their plot to assassinate the king being discovered by [[Mordecai]] ( Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ). B.C. 479. Josephus: calls him Theodestes ( '''''Θεοδέστης''''' , ''Ant.'' 11:6, 4 and 10), and says that, the conspiracy having been detected by Barnabazus, a servant of one of the eunuchs, who was a Jew by birth, and who revealed it to Mordecai, the conspirators were crucified. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9078" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9078" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' tē´resh ''''' ( תּרשׁ , <i> ''''' teresh ''''' </i> ( Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Θάρας , <i> '''''Tháras''''' </i> and Θάρρας , <i> '''''Thárras''''' </i> ): A chamberlain of King Ahasuerus. Oppert compares the name with Tiri-dates, the name of the governor of [[Persepolis]] in the time of Alexander. Another explanation identifies it with the [[Persian]] word turs "firm"; Scheft links it with the Persian tarsha, "desire." </p> | <p> ''''' tē´resh ''''' ( תּרשׁ , <i> ''''' teresh ''''' </i> ( Esther 2:21; Esther 6:2 ); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Θάρας , <i> ''''' Tháras ''''' </i> and Θάρρας , <i> ''''' Thárras ''''' </i> ): A chamberlain of King Ahasuerus. Oppert compares the name with Tiri-dates, the name of the governor of [[Persepolis]] in the time of Alexander. Another explanation identifies it with the [[Persian]] word turs "firm"; Scheft links it with the Persian tarsha, "desire." </p> | ||
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