Bible Strands
Teresh
the name means Severe Easton's Bible Dictionary
Teresh was one of two Persian officials who plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus but were discovered by Mordecai.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Severe, a eunuch or chamberlain in the palace of Ahasuerus, who conspired with another to murder him. The plot was detected by Mordecai, and the conspirators were put to death (Esther 2:21; 6:2).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Esther 2:21.
See Teresh in the family tree →
Verses that name Teresh
- Esther 2:21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- Esther 6:2 And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.