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Ahasuerus
Ahasuerus or Ahasverus (Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Standard Hebrew Aḥašveroš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂḫašwērôš) may be:
- the name of the king of Persia in the Book of Esther in the Bible
- the name of an ally of Nebuchadnezzar in the Book of Tobit
- the Wandering Jew
The name is generally thought to be equivalent to Xerxes both being derived from the original Persian Khshayarsha.
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