• Esther (given name)
  Esther (given name)
  Esther is a feminine given name. It may derive from the Old Persian stāra or - more likely - from the name of the Babylonian goddess of love, Ištar . It was adopted as an English name in the 17th Century...
  
  , the name
• Esther
  Esther
  Esther , born Hadassah, is the eponymous heroine of the Biblical Book of Esther.According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus...
  
   is the heroine of Book of Esther
  Book of Esther
  The Book of Esther is a book in the Ketuvim , the third section of the Jewish Tanakh and is part of the Christian Old Testament. The Book of Esther or the Megillah is the basis for the Jewish celebration of Purim...
  
  , one of the books of the Hebrew Bible
  Hebrew Bible
  The Hebrew Bible is a term used by biblical scholars outside of Judaism to refer to the Tanakh , a canonical collection of Jewish texts, and the common textual antecedent of the several canonical editions of the Christian Old Testament...
  
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• Esther is the name adopted by the pop singer Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
  
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• Esther Baxter
  Esther Baxter
  Esther Baxter is a model and aspiring actress from Miami, Florida.-Biography:Esther Baxter rose to prominence after being featured in the music video for Petey Pablo's single "Freek-A-Leek" in 2004...
  
   is the name of a Hip Hop videogirl

• Esther (drama)
  Esther (drama)
  Esther is the name of a play in three acts written in 1689 by the French dramatist, Jean Racine. It premiered on January 26, 1689, performed by the pupils of the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, an educational institute for young girls of noble birth...
  
  is a play by Jean Racine (1689)
• Esther, a 1916 silent film directed by Maurice Elvey
  Maurice Elvey
  Maurice Elvey was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year....
  
  
• Esther (film) is a 1986 film by Amos Gitai
  Amos Gitai
  Amos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...
  
  
• Esther (Handel) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel (1718)
• Esther (novel) is a novel by Henry Adams (1884)
• I am not Esther, a book by New Zealand writer Fleur Beale
• Esther (Millais painting)
  Esther (Millais painting)
  Esther is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the central character from the Biblical Book of Esther. It is from Millais's Aesthetic phase, when he was influenced by the work of Frederic Leighton and James McNeill Whistler....
  
  , a painting by Millais
• Esther Blanchett is a major character in the anime Trinity Blood
  Trinity Blood
  is a series of Japanese light novels written by Sunao Yoshida with illustrations by Thores Shibamoto and originally serialized in The Sneaker. Set 900 years after an apocalyptic war between humans and vampires, the series focuses on the on-going cold war between the Vatican, the human government,...
  
  
• Esther Greenwood, the protagonist in Sylvia Plath's semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar
  The Bell Jar
  The Bell Jar is American writer and poet Sylvia Plath's only novel, which was originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963. The novel is semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed...
  
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• Esther, a female character in the Christian-themed game, Forgiveness: The First Chapter
  Christian video games
  Christian video games were first marketed successfully by BibleBytes in the early 1980s on several different microcomputer platforms and in the late 1980s for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Wisdom Tree. Now they are made by many different developers...
  
  
• Esther, a song from the Phish album Junta
  Junta (album)
  Junta is the first official studio release from the American rock band Phish. The album was independently recorded and released on tape in 1988, and did not appear in stores officially until May 8, 1989. The album was re-released by Elektra Records on October 26, 1992...
  
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• Esther and the King
  Esther and the King
  Esther and the King is a 1960 U.S.A. / Italian film direction, written, and produced by Raoul Walsh. It is a religious epic. It was produced at 20th Century Fox/ Raoul Walsh Productions, and was released by 20th Century Fox. Joan Collins stars as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story...
  
   a 1960 movie written, produced and directed by Raoul Walsh
  Raoul Walsh
  Raoul Walsh was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the brother of silent screen actor George Walsh...
  
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• Esther Jongsma a female creative art designed from the Netherlands ( http://es.ther.nl/ )

• Esther (car)
  Esther (car)
  Esther is a Lotus 7 type car made in Ugglerum, Sweden. The company was founded by Lars Svensson and Magnus Haferbier in 1987. They started off with a shingle wood board jig which had been used for earlier Lotus 7 copies in the Kalmar area. However new ideas came and the first chassis was sold...
  
   is a Lotus 7-inspired car made in Ugglerum, Sweden
• Esther, Missouri is the former name of Park Hills, Missouri
  Park Hills, Missouri
  Park Hills is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. The population was estimated at 8,851 in 2008. It was 7,861 at the 2000 census.-History:...
  
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• Esther was a 1996 television talk show hosted by Esther Rantzen
  Esther Rantzen
  Esther Louise Rantzen CBE is an English journalist and television presenter who is best known for presenting the BBC television series That's Life!, and for her work in various charitable causes. She is founder of the child protection charity ChildLine, and also advocates the work of the Burma...
  
  
• Hurricane Esther
  Hurricane Esther (1961)
  Hurricane Esther was the fifth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season. A long-lived Category 4 Cape Verde-type hurricane, Esther spent its lifetime offshore, before moving up the East Coast of the United States...
  
  , a 1961 hurricane that affected the East Coast of the United States
• Esther Shield, a powerful magicians' shield from the MMORPG, MapleStory
  MapleStory
  MapleStory is a free-to-play, 2D, side-scrolling massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by the South Korean company Wizet. Several versions of the game are available for specific countries or regions, and each is published by various companies such as Nexon...
  
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• Esther
  VIA C7
  The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies.- Product history :The C7 delivers a number of improvements to the older VIA C3 cores but is nearly identical to the latest VIA C3 Nehemiah core. The C7 was officially launched in May 2005,...
  
  , a low-power CPU from VIA Technologies.

See also

• Ester (disambiguation)
  Ester (disambiguation)
  The term Ester may have a few meanings:Food additives and chemistry:* Ester, a functional group in organic chemistry* Ester C, ascorbyl palmitate, used as an antioxidant food additive* Ester compound - see Ester...
  
  
• Hadassah (disambiguation)
  Hadassah (disambiguation)
  Hadassah is the Hebrew name of the Biblical Esther, and as such, a popular name for girls. The name may also refer to:* Hadassah, an American Jewish women's organization...
  
  

• Esther
• Ettie
• Hettie
• Hetty