Lexical Summary Hadassah: "myrtle", Esther's Jewish name Original Word: הֲדַסָּהTransliteration: Hadassah Phonetic Spelling: (had-as-saw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Short Definition: "myrtle", Esther's Jewish name Meaning: Hadassah -- "myrtle", Esther's Jewish name Strong's Concordance Hadassah Feminine of hadac; Hadassah (or Esther) -- Hadassah. see HEBREW hadac Brown-Driver-Briggs H1919. Hadassah הֲדַסָּה proper name, feminine Jewish name of Esther ( = myrtle, on form compare Sta§ 199 a) Esther 2:7 (compare אֶסְתֵּר). |