Bible Person
Meaning: noise; tumult · Male · 45 cross references
Haman is the Agagite court official in the book of Esther whose hatred of Mordecai grows into a plot against the Jewish people. He is remembered as one of the Bible's clearest portraits of pride, rage, and destructive political malice. First appears in Esth 3:1.1
Name meaning
noise; tumult
Identity
male
First appears
Esth 3:1
AI summary: Haman matters because he personifies imperialized hatred turned toward genocidal intent. The cross references present him as the favored adviser whose wounded pride becomes a public threat, the architect of the decree against the Jews, and the man ultimately destroyed by the very means he prepared for Mordecai. His story gives the book of Esther much of its moral tension by showing how insecurity, vanity, and power can combine into large-scale violence. Taken together, the material presents Haman as a villain whose downfall reveals the fragility of arrogant evil under divine providence.1
Central Figure
Haman
Meaning: noise; tumult
(of Persian origin), magnificent, the name of the vizier (i.e., the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1, etc.).
Name meaning
noise; tumult
Identity
male
(of Persian origin), magnificent, the name of the vizier (i.e., the prime minister) of the Persian king Ahasuerus (Esther 3:1, etc.). He is called an “Agagite,” which seems to denote that he was descended from the royal family of the Amalekites, the bitterest enemies of the Jews, as Agag was one of the titles of the Amalekite kings. He or his parents were brought to Persia as captives taken in war. He was hanged on the gallows which he had erected for Mordecai the Jew (Esther 7:10). (See ESTHER.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Esth |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.