 This became Babylonian "Aḥšiyaršu" (, "aḫ-ši-ia-ar-šu"), then becoming "Akšiwaršu" (, "ak-ši-i-wa6-ar-šu"), borrowed into Hebrew as "ʼĂḥašəwērôš", and thence into Latin as "Ahasuerus", the form traditionally used in English Bibles.The Persian name was independently rendered in Ancient Greek as "Xérxēs".Many newer English translations and paraphrases of the Bible have used the name Xerxes.