Esther 7:5
presumptuous <04390> [Who is he.]
presumptuous <04390> [that durst, etc. Heb. whose heart hath filled him.]
Esther 3:7
first month ..... month ............................. month ......... month ..... month <02320 07223> [the first month.]
twelfth <08147> [in the twelfth.]
pur ....... cast <05307 06332> [they cast Pur.]
Adar <0143> [Adar.]
Esther 9:11
brought <0935> [was brought. Heb. came.]
Esther 2:14
pleased <02654> [delighted.]
requested <07121> [she were called.]
Esther 8:1
gave ... estate <05414 01004> [give the house.]
come before <0935 06440> [came before.]
Esther 9:1
<08147> [A.M. 3552. B.C. 452. in the twelfth.]
supposed <07663> [hoped.]
<02015> [though it was turned.]
Esther 1:1
Ahasuerus ....... Ahasuerus <0325> [Ahasuerus.]
Prideaux has shewn satisfactorily that Ahasuerus was the Artaxerxes Longimanus of the Greeks, agreeably to the Septuagint and Josephus. See note on Ezr 6:14.
India <01912> [from India.]
hundred <03967> [an hundred.]
Esther 1:11
Vashti <02060> [Vashti.]
attractive <04758 02896> [fair to look on. Heb. good of countenance.]
Esther 1:20
kingdom <04438> [throughout.]
women <0802> [all the wives.]
Esther 2:16
tenth month ..... month <02320 06224> [the tenth month.]
seventh <07651> [the seventh.]
Esther 6:1
night <03915> [that night.]
king ... unable ... sleep ....................... king's <05074 04428 08142> [could not the king sleep. Heb. the king's sleep fled away.]
book ..... records <05612 02146> [the book of records.]
As chronicles were composed among the Persians, a more instructive and interesting work could not be brought before the king; because they were all written in verse, and were generally the work of the most eminent poets of the empire.
Esther 8:12
This ........ certain day <03117 0259> [one day.]
thirteenth <07969> [upon the thirteenth.]
Esther 9:24
enemy <06887> [the enemy.]
pur <06332> [Pur.]
The word {pur} seems to be derived either from the Persian {bahr} and {bar,} a part, portion, lot, or {pari,} any thing which happens fortuitously or fortunately; whence the annual festival in commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the Jews from their enemies was called Purim, or in Arabic and Persian, {Fuhr,} or {Lots;} which has been observed by them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption.
afflict <02000> [consume. Heb. crush.]
Esther 8:9
king's <04428> [the king's.]
satraps <0323> [and to the lieutenants.]
India <01912> [India.]
The Hebrew word {Hoddo,} in Syriac, {Hendoo,} and in Arabic, {Hind,} is rendered India by all the versions. India, or Hindostan, is a large country of the south of Asia, extending from north to south about 2,400 miles, and from east to west 1,800, between 8 degrees and 35 degrees N. lat. and 68 degrees and 92 degrees E. long.; being bounded on the west by the Indus, east by the Birman empire and Thibet, north by the Indian Caucasus, and south by the Indian Ocean. It is probable, however, that all the country east of the Indus was anciently called India.
language .............. language <03956> [and according.]
Esther 2:7
guardian <0539> [brought up. Heb. nourished.]
Hadassah <01919> [Hadassah.]
uncle <01730> [his uncle's.]
beautiful <02896 03303> [fair and beautiful. Heb. fair of form and good of countenance.]
raised <03947> [took.]
Esther 3:4
spoken <0559> [when they spake.]
informed <05046> [that they told.]
informed <05046> [he had told.]
Esther 5:9
pleased ... very <08056> [joyful.]
rise <06965> [he stood not up.]
Haman ............. Haman .................. Haman ... filled <04390 02001> [he was full.]
Esther 3:13
by ... runners <03027 07323> [by posts.]
youth <05288> [both young.]
a ... day <0259 03117> [in one day.]
loot ... plunder <07998> [the spoil.]
