Zeresh

Wife of Haman, enemy of the Jews

A written article for Zeresh is still to come. Below and alongside: where Zeresh appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 600 BC
    400 BC
  • Zeresh
    c. 450 BC

Original word

  • זֶרֶשׁ zeresh
    H2238
Relationships
Son: Adalia Son: Aridai Son: Aridatha Son: Arisai Son: Aspatha Son: Dalphon Son: Parmashta Son: Parshandatha Son: Poratha Son: Vaizatha Husband: Haman
Citations
“Zeresh.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Zeresh appears in Scripture

Esther 5

וַיִּתְאַפַּק הָמָן וַיָּבוֹא אֶל-בֵּיתוֹ וַיִּשְׁלַח וַיָּבֵא אֶת-אֹֽהֲבָיו וְאֶת-זֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
10
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ זֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ וְכָל-אֹֽהֲבָיו יַֽעֲשׂוּ-עֵץ גָּבֹהַּ חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה וּבַבֹּקֶר׀ אֱמֹר לַמֶּלֶךְ וְיִתְלוּ אֶֽת-מָרְדֳּכַי עָלָיו וּבֹֽא-עִם-הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל-הַמִּשְׁתֶּה שָׂמֵחַ וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר לִפְנֵי הָמָן וַיַּעַשׂ הָעֵֽץ׃
14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Esther 6

וַיְסַפֵּר הָמָן לְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ וּלְכָל-אֹהֲבָיו אֵת כָּל-אֲשֶׁר קָרָהוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ לוֹ חֲכָמָיו וְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ אִם מִזֶּרַע הַיְּהוּדִים מָרְדֳּכַי אֲשֶׁר הַחִלּוֹתָ לִנְפֹּל לְפָנָיו לֹֽא-תוּכַל לוֹ כִּֽי-נָפוֹל תִּפּוֹל לְפָנָֽיו׃
13
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.