Esther 1:16
Vashti <02060> [Vashti.]
This reasoning was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence: and the rest came into the conclusion, being either too intoxicated to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favourable opportunity.
wrong <05753> [done wrong.]
Esther 4:4
eunuchs <05631> [chamberlains. Heb. eunuchs.]
accept <06901> [but he received it not.]
Esther 5:2
met <05375> [she.]
gold scepter ................ scepter <08275 02091> [golden sceptre.]
Esther 5:12
Esther <0635> [Yea, Esther.]
Plutarch, in his life of Artaxerxes, informs us, that none but the king's mother, and his real wife, were permitted to sit at his table; and therefore he mentions it as a condescension in that prince, that he sometimes invited his brothers. Haman, therefore, had some reason to be proud of this favour.
tomorrow <04279> [to-morrow.]
Esther 7:2-3
king <0559 04428> [the king said.]
life <05315> [let my life.]
people <05971> [my people.]
Esther 7:7-8
rage <02534> [in his wrath.]
Haman <02001> [Haman.]
realized <07200> [for he saw.]
couch <04296> [the bed.]
<01004> [before me. Heb. with me. they covered Haman's.]
When a criminal was condemned by a Roman judge, he was delivered to the serjeant with these words: {I, lictor, caput obnubito arbori infelici suspendito,} "Go, sergeant, cover his head, and hang him on the accursed tree."
Esther 8:1
gave ... estate <05414 01004> [give the house.]
come before <0935 06440> [came before.]
Esther 8:7
given <05414> [Behold.]
hanged <08518> [him they have hanged.]
Esther 9:12
request <07596> [what is thy petition.]
Esther 9:31
themselves <05315> [themselves. Heb. their souls. and for their seed.]
fasting <06685> [the fastings.]
