Lexicon Hadassah: "myrtle," Esther's Jewish name Original Word: הֲדַסָּהPart of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Transliteration: Hadassah Phonetic Spelling: (had-as-saw') Short Definition: Hadassah NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom  hadasDefinition"myrtle," Esther's Jewish name NASB TranslationHadassah (1). 
 Brown-Driver-Briggs   הֲדַסָּה  proper name, feminine Jewish name of Esther ( =  myrtle, on form compare Sta § 199 a)  Esther 2:7 (compare  אֶסְתֵּר).  Strong's Hadassah  Feminine of hadac; Hadassah (or Esther) -- Hadassah.  see HEBREW hadac   |  
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