Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 1:2 - Those
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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That in those | H1992 | הֵם |
[Masculine] they (only used when emphatic) |
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) |
when the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
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 |
sat | H3427 | יָשַׁב |
[Verb] properly to sit down (specifically as {judge} in {ambush} in quiet); by implication to {dwell} to remain; causatively to {settle} to marry |
on | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the throne | H3678 | כִּסֵּא |
[Noun Masculine] properly {covered} that {is} a throne (as canopied) |
of his kingdom | H4438 | מַלְכוּת |
[Noun Feminine] a rule; concretely a dominion |
which | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
was in Shushan | H7800 | שׁוּשַׁן |
[Proper Name Location] {Shushan} a place in Persia |
the palace | H1002 | בִּירָה |
[Noun Feminine] a castle or palace |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.