NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Names Arts Hymns

Discovery Box

Esther 1:3

1:3

In the third
<07969>

year
<08141>

of his reign
<04427> (8800)_,

he made
<06213> (8804)

a feast
<04960>

unto all his princes
<08269>

and his servants
<05650>_;

the power
<02428>

of Persia
<06539>

and Media
<04074>_,

the nobles
<06579>

and princes
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_,

[being] before
<06440>

him:

Esther 1:8

1:8

And the drinking
<08360>

[was] according to the law
<01881>_;

none did compel
<0597> (8802)_:

for so the king
<04428>

had appointed
<03245> (8765)

to all the officers
<07227>

of his house
<01004>_,

that they should do
<06213> (8800)

according to every man's
<0376>

pleasure
<07522>_.

Esther 1:20

1:20

And when the king's
<04428>

decree
<06599>

which he shall make
<06213> (8799)

shall be published
<08085> (8738)

throughout all his empire
<04438>_,

(for it is great
<07227>,)

all the wives
<0802>

shall give
<05414> (8799)

to their husbands
<01167>

honour
<03366>_,

both to great
<01419>

and small
<06996>_.

Esther 2:1

2:1

After
<0310>

these things
<01697>_,

when the wrath
<02534>

of king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

was appeased
<07918> (8800)_,

he remembered
<02142> (8804)

Vashti
<02060>_,

and what she had done
<06213> (8804)_,

and what was decreed
<01504> (8738)

against her.

Esther 2:4

2:4

And let the maiden
<05291>

which pleaseth
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

be queen
<04427> (8799)

instead of Vashti
<02060>_.

And the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>_;

and he did so
<06213> (8799)_.

Esther 2:11

2:11

And Mordecai
<04782>

walked
<01980> (8693)

every day
<03117>

before
<06440>

the court
<02691>

of the women's
<0802>

house
<01004>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

how Esther
<0635>

did
<07965>_,

and what should become
<06213> (8735)

of her. {to know...: Heb. to know the peace}

Esther 5:4

5:4

And Esther
<0635>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

If [it seem] good
<02895> (8804)

unto the king
<04428>_,

let the king
<04428>

and Haman
<02001>

come
<0935> (8799)

this day
<03117>

unto the banquet
<04960>

that I have prepared
<06213> (8804)

for him.

Esther 5:6

5:6

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

at the banquet
<04960>

of wine
<03196>_,

What [is] thy petition
<07596>_?

and it shall be granted
<05414> (8735)

thee: and what [is] thy request
<01246>_?

even to the half
<02677>

of the kingdom
<04438>

it shall be performed
<06213> (8735)_.

Esther 6:14

6:14

And while they [were] yet talking
<01696> (8764)

with him, came
<05060> (8689)

the king's
<04428>

chamberlains
<05631>_,

and hasted
<0926> (8686)

to bring
<0935> (8687)

Haman
<02001>

unto the banquet
<04960>

that Esther
<0635>

had prepared
<06213> (8804)_.

Esther 7:5

7:5

Then the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

answered
<0559> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_,

Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume
<04390> (8804)

in his heart
<03820>

to do
<06213> (8800)

so? {that...: Heb. whose heart hath filled him}

Esther 9:3

9:3

And all the rulers
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_,

and the lieutenants
<0323>_,

and the deputies
<06346>_,

and officers
<06213> (8802) <04399>

of the king
<04428>_,

helped
<05375> (8764)

the Jews
<03064>_;

because the fear
<06343>

of Mordecai
<04782>

fell
<05307> (8804)

upon them. {officers...: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king}

Esther 9:17

9:17

On the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_;

and on the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

day of the same rested
<05118>

they, and made
<06213> (8800)

it a day
<03117>

of feasting
<04960>

and gladness
<08057>_.

{of the same: Heb. in it}

Esther 9:21

9:21

To stablish
<06965> (8763)

[this] among them, that they should keep
<06213> (8802)

the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_,

and the fifteenth
<02568> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the same, yearly
<08141> <08141>_,