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Haman   /hˈeɪmən/   Listen
Haman

noun
1.
(Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.





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"Haman" Quotes from Famous Books



... stands out as the principal character, the whole story turns on the refusal of Mordecai to bow down to Haman, which would have been to show him divine honor. He did not hate Haman but, as a Jew could not worship any other than God. He dared to stand for principle at the ...
— The Bible Book by Book - A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books • Josiah Blake Tidwell
... absurd to add the word "Abi," which was a title and not part of the name. Joseph says [Gen. xlv. 8], "God has constituted me 'Ab l'Paraah, as Father to Paraah, i.e., Vizier or Prime Minister." So Haman was called the Second Father of Artaxerxes; and when King Khūrūm used the phrase "Khūrūm Abi," he meant that the artificer he sent Schlomoh was the principal or chief workman ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike


Words linked to "Haman" :   Old Testament, minister, government minister


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