Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 7:4 - Sold
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For | H3588 | כִּי | 
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed  | 
                            
| we are sold | H4376 | מָכַר | 
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender)  | 
                            
| I | H589 | אֲנִי | 
 I  | 
                            
| and my people | H5971 | עַם | 
[Noun Masculine] a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock  | 
                            
| to be destroyed | H8045 | שָׁמַד | 
[Verb] to desolate  | 
                            
| to be slain | H2026 | הָרַג | 
[Verb] to smite with deadly intent  | 
                            
| and to perish | H6 | אָבַד | 
[Verb] properly to wander {away} that is lose oneself; by implication to perish ({causatively} destroy)  | 
                            
| But if | H432 | אִלּוּ | 
[Conjunction] {nay} that {is} (softened) if  | 
                            
| we had been sold | H4376 | מָכַר | 
[Verb] to {sell} literally (as {merchandise} a daughter in {marriage} into {slavery}) or figuratively (to surrender)  | 
                            
| for | H3588 | כִּי | 
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed  | 
                            
| bondmen | H5650 | עֶבֶד | 
[Noun Masculine] a servant  | 
                            
| and bondwomen | H8198 | שִׁפְחָה | 
 see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household)  | 
                            
| I | H589 | אֲנִי | 
 I  | 
                            
| had held my tongue | H2790 | חָרַשׁ | 
[Verb] to {scratch} that {is} (by implication) to {engrave} plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be {silent} to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)  | 
                            
| although | H3588 | כִּי | 
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed  | 
                            
| the enemy | H6862 | צַר | 
[Adjective] narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually {figuratively} that {is} trouble); also a pebble (as in H6864); (transitively) an opponent (as crowding)  | 
                            
| could not | H369 | אַיִן | 
[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle  | 
                            
| countervail | H7737 | שָׁוָה | 
[Verb] properly to {level} that {is} equalize; figuratively to resemble; by implication to adjust (that {is} {counterbalance} be {suitable} {compose} {place} {yield} etc.)  | 
                            
| the king's damage | H5143 | נֵזֶק | 
[Noun Masculine] loss  | 
                            
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.