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Hadassah

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: H By: James P. Boyd

Esther 2:7

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(myrtle). Hebrew name of Esther (Esther 2:7⁷And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. (Esther 2:7)).

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