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    Hester

    HES-ter

    Meaning

    Star; Myrtle leaf

    Persian/Greek origin · Girl

    What it points to

    Hester is the star in the darkness — shining as light in a crooked world, rising for such a time as this.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

    Esther 4:14

    “That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.”

    Philippians 2:15

    Most used in the 1890s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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