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Esther 1:5

1:5

And when these days
<03117>

were expired
<04390> (8800)_,

the king
<04428>

made
<06213> (8804)

a feast
<04960>

unto all the people
<05971>

that were present
<04672> (8737)

in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

both unto great
<01419>

and small
<06996>_,

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_,

in the court
<02691>

of the garden
<01594>

of the king's
<04428>

palace
<01055>_;

{present: Heb. found}

Esther 1:17

1:17

For [this] deed
<01697>

of the queen
<04436>

shall come abroad
<03318> (8799)

unto all women
<0802>_,

so that they shall despise
<0959> (8687)

their husbands
<01167>

in their eyes
<05869>_,

when it shall be reported
<0559> (8800)_,

The king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

commanded
<0559> (8804)

Vashti
<02060>

the queen
<04436>

to be brought in
<0935> (8687)

before
<06440>

him, but she came
<0935> (8804)

not.

Esther 3:1-2

3:1

After
<0310>

these things
<01697>

did king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

promote
<01431> (8765)

Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>

the Agagite
<091>_,

and advanced
<05375> (8762)

him, and set
<07760> (8799)

his seat
<03678>

above all the princes
<08269>

that [were] with him.

3:2

And all the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>_,

that [were] in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_,

bowed
<03766> (8802)_,

and reverenced
<07812> (8693)

Haman
<02001>_:

for the king
<04428>

had so commanded
<06680> (8765)

concerning him. But Mordecai
<04782>

bowed
<03766> (8799)

not, nor did [him] reverence
<07812> (8691)_.

Esther 4:1

4:1

When Mordecai
<04782>

perceived
<03045> (8804)

all that was done
<06213> (8738)_,

Mordecai
<04782>

rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_,

and put on
<03847> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

with ashes
<0665>_,

and went out
<03318> (8799)

into the midst
<08432>

of the city
<05892>_,

and cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

and a bitter
<04751>

cry
<02201>_;

Esther 4:3

4:3

And in every province
<04082>_,

whithersoever
<04725>

the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

came
<05060> (8688)_,

[there was] great
<01419>

mourning
<060>

among the Jews
<03064>_,

and fasting
<06685>_,

and weeping
<01065>_,

and wailing
<04553>_;

and many
<07227>

lay
<03331> (8714)

in sackcloth
<08242>

and ashes
<0665>_.

{many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many}

Esther 4:7

4:7

And Mordecai
<04782>

told
<05046> (8686)

him of all that had happened
<07136> (8804)

unto him, and of the sum
<06575>

of the money
<03701>

that Haman
<02001>

had promised
<0559> (8804)

to pay
<08254> (8800)

to the king's
<04428>

treasuries
<01595>

for the Jews
<03064>_,

to destroy
<06> (8763)

them.

Esther 5:11

5:11

And Haman
<02001>

told
<05608> (8762)

them of the glory
<03519>

of his riches
<06239>_,

and the multitude
<07230>

of his children
<01121>_,

and all [the things] wherein the king
<04428>

had promoted
<01431> (8765)

him, and how he had advanced
<05375> (8765)

him above the princes
<08269>

and servants
<05650>

of the king
<04428>_.

Esther 5:14

5:14

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Zeresh
<02238>

his wife
<0802>

and all his friends
<0157> (8802)

unto him, Let a gallows
<06086>

be made
<06213> (8799)

of fifty
<02572>

cubits
<0520>

high
<01364>_,

and to morrow
<01242>

speak
<0559> (8798)

thou unto the king
<04428>

that Mordecai
<04782>

may be hanged
<08518> (8799)

thereon: then go
<0935> (8798)

thou in merrily
<08056>

with the king
<04428>

unto the banquet
<04960>_.

And the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <06440>

Haman
<02001>_;

and he caused
<06213> (0)

the gallows
<06086>

to be made
<06213> (8799)_.

{gallows: Heb. tree}

Esther 6:10

6:10

Then the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Haman
<02001>_,

Make haste
<04116> (8761)_,

[and] take
<03947> (8798)

the apparel
<03830>

and the horse
<05483>_,

as thou hast said
<01696> (8765)_,

and do
<06213> (8798)

even so to Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>_,

that sitteth
<03427> (8802)

at the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_:

let nothing
<01697>

fail
<05307> (8686)

of all that thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)_.

{let...: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall}

Esther 9:26

9:26

Wherefore they called
<07121> (8804)

these days
<03117>

Purim
<06332>

after the name
<08034>

of Pur
<06332>_.

Therefore for all the words
<01697>

of this letter
<0107>_,

and [of that] which they had seen
<07200> (8804)

concerning this matter
<03602>_,

and which had come
<05060> (8689)

unto them, {Pur: that is, Lot}

Esther 9:28

9:28

And [that] these days
<03117>

[should be] remembered
<02142> (8737)

and kept
<06213> (8737)

throughout
<01755>

every generation
<01755>_,

every family
<04940>_,

every province
<04082>_,

and every city
<05892>_;

and [that] these days
<03117>

of Purim
<06332>

should not fail
<05674> (8799)

from among
<08432>

the Jews
<03064>_,

nor the memorial
<02143>

of them perish
<05486> (8799)

from their seed
<02233>_.

{fail: Heb. pass} {perish: Heb. be ended}

Esther 10:2

10:2

And all the acts
<04639>

of his power
<08633>

and of his might
<01369>_,

and the declaration
<06575>

of the greatness
<01420>

of Mordecai
<04782>_,

whereunto the king
<04428>

advanced
<01431> (8765)

him, [are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of the chronicles
<01697> <03117>

of the kings
<04428>

of Media
<04074>

and Persia
<06539>_?

{advanced...: Heb. made him great}