Teresh

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Te'resh. (Strictness). One of the two eunuchs, whose plot to assassinate Ahasuerus, was discovered by Mordecai.  Esther 2:21;  Esther 6:2. He was hanged. (B.C. 479).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

One of the two eunuchs or chamberlains who kept the door of Ahasuerus' palace. Hanged on Mordecai's information for attempting to assassinate the king ( Esther 2:21;  Esther 6:2).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One of the royal door-keepers who conspired against Ahasuerus: the plot was discovered by Mordecai.  Esther 2:21;  Esther 6:2 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Teresh . A chamberlain of Ahasuerus (  Esther 2:21 ); called in Ad. Est. 12:1 Tharra .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:21 6:2

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Esther 2:21-23

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tē´resh ( תּרשׁ , teresh (  Esther 2:21;  Esther 6:2 ); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Θάρας , Tháras and Θάρρας , Thárras ): 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."