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Esther 1:22

1:22

For he sent
<07971> (8799)

letters
<05612>

into all the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

into every province
<04082>

according to the writing
<03791>

thereof, and to every people
<05971>

after their language
<03956>_,

that every man
<0376>

should bear rule
<08323> (8802)

in his own house
<01004>_,

and that [it] should be published
<01696> (8764)

according to the language
<03956>

of every people
<05971>_.

{that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}

Esther 2:3

2:3

And let the king
<04428>

appoint
<06485> (8686)

officers
<06496>

in all the provinces
<04082>

of his kingdom
<04438>_,

that they may gather together
<06908> (8799)

all the fair
<02896> <04758>

young
<05291>

virgins
<01330>

unto Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

to the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_,

unto the custody
<03027>

of Hege
<01896>

the king's
<04428>

chamberlain
<05631>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_;

and let their things for purification
<08562>

be given
<05414> (8800)

[them]: {unto the...: Heb. unto the hand} {Hege: also called, Hegai}

Esther 2:8

2:8

So it came to pass, when the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

was heard
<08085> (8736)_,

and when many
<07227>

maidens
<05291>

were gathered together
<06908> (8736)

unto Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Hegai
<01896>_,

that Esther
<0635>

was brought
<03947> (8735)

also unto the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Hegai
<01896>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_.

Esther 2:14

2:14

In the evening
<06153>

she went
<0935> (8802)_,

and on the morrow
<01242>

she returned
<07725> (8802)

into the second
<08145>

house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Shaashgaz
<08190>_,

the king's
<04428>

chamberlain
<05631>_,

which kept
<08104> (8802)

the concubines
<06370>_:

she came in
<0935> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

no more, except the king
<04428>

delighted
<02654> (8804)

in her, and that she were called
<07121> (8738)

by name
<08034>_.

Esther 4:14

4:14

For if thou altogether
<02790> (8687)

holdest thy peace
<02790> (8686)

at this time
<06256>_,

[then] shall there enlargement
<07305>

and deliverance
<02020>

arise
<05975> (8799)

to the Jews
<03064>

from another
<0312>

place
<04725>_;

but thou and thy father's
<01>

house
<01004>

shall be destroyed
<06> (8799)_:

and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

whether thou art come
<05060> (8689)

to the kingdom
<04438>

for [such] a time
<06256>

as this? {enlargement: Heb. respiration}

Esther 6:4

6:4

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] in the court
<02691>_?

Now Haman
<02001>

was come
<0935> (8804)

into the outward
<02435>

court
<02691>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

to speak
<0559> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>

to hang
<08518> (8800)

Mordecai
<04782>

on the gallows
<06086>

that he had prepared
<03559> (8689)

for him.

Esther 7:9

7:9

And Harbonah
<02726>_,

one
<0259>

of the chamberlains
<05631>_,

said
<0559> (8799)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

Behold also, the gallows
<06086>

fifty
<02572>

cubits
<0520>

high
<01364>_,

which Haman
<02001>

had made
<06213> (8804)

for Mordecai
<04782>_,

who had spoken
<01696> (8765)

good
<02896>

for the king
<04428>_,

standeth
<05975> (8802)

in the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>_.

Then the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hang
<08518> (8798)

him thereon. {gallows: Heb. tree}

Esther 8:1

8:1

On that day
<03117>

did the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

give
<05414> (8804)

the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>

the Jews
<03064>_'

enemy
<06887> (8802)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_.

And Mordecai
<04782>

came
<0935> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_;

for Esther
<0635>

had told
<05046> (8689)

what he [was] unto her.

Esther 8:7

8:7

Then the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>

and to Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>_,

Behold, I have given
<05414> (8804)

Esther
<0635>

the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>_,

and him they have hanged
<08518> (8804)

upon the gallows
<06086>_,

because he laid
<07971> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

upon the Jews
<03064>_.