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Esther 3:1 (NLT)

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1 Some time later King Xerxes promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite over all the other nobles, making him the most powerful official in the empire.

Definition(s):
Haman (Heh-man): noise; tumult
Hammedatha (Ham-ed-ah-tha): he that troubles the law
Agagite (Eh-gag-ight):
Xerxes (Zerkzees):