Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 1:1 - India
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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Now it came to pass | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
in the days | H3117 | יוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] a day (as the warm {hours}) whether literally (from sunrise to {sunset} or from one sunset to the {next}) or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated {term}) (often used adverbially) |
of Ahasuerus | H325 | אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ |
[Proper Name Masculine] Achashverosh (that {is} Ahasuerus or {Artaxerxes} but in this case {Xerxes}) the title (rather than name) of a Persian king |
this | H1931 | הוּא |
[Pronoun] a primitive {word} the third person pronoun {singular} he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) {self} or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are |
is Ahasuerus | H325 | אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ |
[Proper Name Masculine] Achashverosh (that {is} Ahasuerus or {Artaxerxes} but in this case {Xerxes}) the title (rather than name) of a Persian king |
which reigned | H4427 | מָלַךְ |
[Verb] to reign; inceptively to ascend the throne; causatively to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel |
from India | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
even unto | H5704 | עַד |
[Preposition] especially with a preposition); as far (or {long} or much) {as} whether of space (even unto) or time ({during } while: until) or degree (equally with) |
Ethiopia | H3568 | כּוּשׁ |
Cush (or {Ethiopia}) the name of a son of {Ham} and of his territory; also of an Israelite |
over an hundred | H3967 | מֵאָה |
[Noun Feminine] a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
and seven | H7651 | שֶׁבַע |
[Noun] a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication a week; by extension an indefinite number |
and twenty | H6242 | עֶשְׂרִים |
[Noun] twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth |
provinces | H4082 | מְדִינָה |
[Noun Feminine] properly a {judgeship} that {is} jurisdiction; by implication a district (as ruled by a judge); generally a region |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.