Esther 3:2-3
king's servants ...... king's ............ king <05650 04428> [the king's servants.]
Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them.
paying ..................... homage <03766> [bowed.]
bowing ... paying ............... bow ....... homage <03766 07812> [bowed not.]
{YichrÆ’ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration.
violating <05674> [Why.]
Esther 5:11
fabulous <03519> [the glory.]
many <07230> [the multitude.]
exalted <05375> [and how he had.]
Proverbs 1:32
waywardness <04878> [the turning.]
careless <07962> [and the.]
careless <07962> [prosperity. or, ease.]
Proverbs 16:18
Proverbs 18:12
destruction <07667> [destruction.]
Before ............. before <06440> [and.]
Proverbs 30:13
Obadiah 1:3
presumptuous <02087> [pride.]
reside <07931> [thou.]
<0559> [saith.]
