 Ahasuerus

Ahasuerus ( ; , commonly "Achashverosh"; , in the Septuagint; in the Vulgate) is a name applied in the Hebrew Bible to three rulers and to a Babylonian official (or Median king) in the "Book of Tobit".The original name was Old Persian "Xšaya.āršan" (< "xšaya" 'king' + "aršan" 'male' > 'king of all male; Hero among Kings').