Ahasuerus (Ancient Greek: Ξέρξης Xerxes; Persian: اخشورش Aَxšoreš; Old Persian: Xšayārša; Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ,Aẖashverosh ;ʼĂḥašwērôš; Greek:Ασουηρος in the Septuagint; or Latin:Assuerus in the Vulgate; commonly transliterated Achashverosh) is a name used several times in the Hebrew Bible, as well as related legends and Apocrypha. This name (or title) is applied in the Hebrew Scriptures to three rulers. The same name is also applied uncertainly to a Babylonian official (or Median king) noted in the Book of Tobit.