Vashti

E110495

biblical figure female given name queen

Vashti is the deposed queen of Persia in the biblical Book of Esther, known for refusing King Ahasuerus’s command to appear before his guests.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Queen Vashti	2
Vashti canonical	2
Vašti / Vashti	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ female given name ⓘ queen ⓘ
appearsIn	Megillat Esther ⓘ surface form: Book of Esther
associatedWith	King Ahasuerus ⓘ Megillat Esther ⓘ Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
causeOfDeposition	refusal to obey royal summons ⓘ
commandRefused	to appear before the king and his nobles to display her beauty ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Jewish interpretive traditions about Purim ⓘ
comparedWith	Esther ⓘ
culture	Persian court ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
influenceOn	royal decree about women’s obedience in Esther 1 ⓘ
knownFor	being deposed as queen of Persia ⓘ refusing King Ahasuerus’s command to appear before his guests ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
literaryFunction	sets stage for Esther’s rise to queenship ⓘ
literaryGenreContext	biblical narrative ⓘ
maritalStatus	married to Ahasuerus at beginning of Book of Esther ⓘ
nameForm	וַשְׁתִּי ⓘ
nameTransliteration	Vashti self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vašti / Vashti
narrativeRole	predecessor of Esther as queen ⓘ
orderInNarrative	first queen mentioned in Book of Esther ⓘ
portrayedAs	beautiful queen ⓘ
positionHeld	queen of Persia ⓘ
religiousCanon	Christian biblical canon ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ
religiousPerspective	viewed variously as negative or positive figure in Jewish and Christian exegesis ⓘ
religiousTextContext	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
scholarlyDiscussion	feminist biblical interpretation ⓘ historicity of the Book of Esther ⓘ
spouse	King Ahasuerus ⓘ surface form: Ahasuerus
statusChange	deposed from queenship ⓘ
symbolism	disobedience to royal authority in traditional readings ⓘ female autonomy in some later interpretations ⓘ
textualSource	Esther 1 ⓘ
timePeriod	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Persian period (traditional setting)

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Esther → hasCharacter → Vashti ⓘ

King Ahasuerus → spouse → Vashti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Vashti

King Ahasuerus → deposes → Vashti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Vashti

Megillat Esther → containsCharacter → Vashti ⓘ

Vashti → nameTransliteration → Vashti self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vašti / Vashti