Ahasuerus (Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, Stanard Aḥašveroš Tiberian ʾĂḥašwērôš, Latin:Xerxes, Persian: Khashayarshah, commonly transliterated Achashverosh) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and apocrypha. The name is generally thought to be equivalent to Xerxes, and both are derived from the original Persian Khashayar-sha.