Ahasuerus

Ahasuerus or Ahasverus (Hebrew אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Standard Hebrew Aḥašveroš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĂḫašwērôš) may be:

• the name of the king of Persia in the Book of Esther in the Bible
• the name of an ally of Nebuchadnezzar in the Book of Tobit
• the Wandering Jew

The name is generally thought to be equivalent to Xerxes both being derived from the original Persian Khshayarsha.