Esther

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Biblical book Book of the Hebrew Bible Book of the Old Testament

Esther is a book of the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament that tells the story of a Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia and courageously saves her people from annihilation.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Esther canonical 47
Queen Esther 3
Book of Esther 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical book ⓘ
Book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
Book of the Old Testament ⓘ
associatedWithFestival Purim ⓘ
bookOrder One of the Five Megillot ⓘ
canonicalStatus Canonical in Judaism ⓘ
Canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ
centralTheme Courage ⓘ
Divine providence ⓘ
Identity ⓘ
Jewish survival ⓘ
Reversal of fortune ⓘ
containsDecree Royal edict against the Jews ⓘ
Royal edict permitting Jewish self‑defense ⓘ
describesEvent Deliverance of the Jews in Persia ⓘ
Threatened annihilation of the Jews in Persia ⓘ
hasAddition Greek additions to Esther in the Septuagint ⓘ
hasCharacter King Ahasuerus ⓘ
surface form: Ahasuerus

Haman ⓘ
Vashti ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Esther self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Esther (biblical figure)

Mordechai ⓘ
surface form: Mordecai
hasVersion Greek Septuagint version ⓘ
Masoretic Text version ⓘ
includedIn Five Megillot ⓘ
includedInCanonOf Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Protestant churches ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
influenced Art and literature about Queen Esther ⓘ
Jewish liturgy for Purim ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse Read publicly on Purim in Judaism ⓘ
narrativeGenre Historical narrative ⓘ
notableFeature Does not explicitly mention God in the Hebrew text ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Ketuvim ⓘ
portraysAction Esther intercedes with the king ⓘ
Haman executed on the gallows he prepared for Mordecai ⓘ
Haman plotting to destroy the Jews ⓘ
Mordecai refusing to bow to Haman ⓘ
portraysRole Esther as queen of Persia ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setIn Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Susa ⓘ
structure 10 chapters in most Christian Bibles ⓘ
Divided into chapters and verses ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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

Writings → containsBook → Esther ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Esther ⓘ
Ketuvim → containsBook → Esther ⓘ
Ketuvim → traditionalJewishOrder → Esther ⓘ
Ketuvim → includesMegillot → Esther ⓘ
Purim → primaryText → Esther ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Esther
Purim → associatedFigure → Esther ⓘ
Catharine Beecher → middleName → Esther ⓘ
Esther → hasMainCharacter → Esther self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esther (biblical figure)
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Esther ⓘ
The Zahir → mainCharacter → Esther ⓘ
King Ahasuerus → spouse → Esther ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen Esther
Fast of Esther → associatedFigure → Esther ⓘ
Megillat Esther → containsCharacter → Esther ⓘ
Mordechai → guardianOf → Esther ⓘ
Mordechai → relativeOf → Esther ⓘ
Mordechai → raised → Esther ⓘ
Shushan Purim → associatedFigure → Esther ⓘ
Haman → opponent → Esther ⓘ
Haman → scripturalBook → Esther ⓘ
Esther Dyson → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film) → character → Esther ⓘ
Charles Coypel → notableWork → Esther ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esther before Ahasuerus
Historical Books (Christian canon) → includesBook → Esther ⓘ
Esther Gordy Edwards → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Stoddard Edwards → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Five Megillot → hasPart → Esther ⓘ
Vashti → comparedWith → Esther ⓘ
Jean Racine → notableWork → Esther ⓘ
Protestant Bible → containsBook → Esther ⓘ
Esther Israeli Kahn → hasGivenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Wojcicki → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Williams → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esti → derivedFrom → Esther ⓘ
Esther Cleveland → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esta → variantOf → Esther ⓘ
Esta → derivesFrom → Esther ⓘ
Esta → hasNameDayRelation → Esther ⓘ
Esther Raab → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Duflo (honorary doctorate, not student) → givenName → Esther ⓘ
subject surface form: Esther Duflo
Esther Edwards Burr → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Bubley → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Duflo → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Smith → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Minciotti → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Nazanin Boniadi → playedCharacter → Esther ⓘ
Jean Marais → notableWork → Esther ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esther (stage role)
Esther Sleepe Burney → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Esther Abramowitz Foster → givenName → Esther ⓘ
Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America → namedAfter → Esther ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hadassah (biblical figure Esther)