Esther
英['est?]
美
- n. 以斯帖（猶太女王名）；以斯帖記；埃絲特（女子名）
英英釋意
- 1. (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
- 2. an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
