Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 3:15 - Posts
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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The posts | H7323 | רוּץ |
[Verb] to run (for whatever {reason} especially to rush) |
went out | H3318 | יָצָא |
[Verb] to go (causatively bring) {out} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} direct and proximate |
being hastened | H1765 | דָּחַף |
[Verb] to {urge} that {is} hasten |
by the king's commandment | H1697 | דָּבָר |
[Noun Masculine] a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing; adverbially a cause |
and the decree | H1881 | דָּת |
[Noun Feminine] a royal edict or statute |
was given | H5414 | נָתַן |
[Verb] to {give} used with great latitude of application ({put } {make } etc.) |
in Shushan | H7800 | שׁוּשַׁן |
[Proper Name Location] {Shushan} a place in Persia |
the palace | H1002 | בִּירָה |
[Noun Feminine] a castle or palace |
And the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
and Haman | H2001 | הָמָן |
[Proper Name Masculine] {Haman} a Persian vizier |
sat down | 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 |
to drink | H8354 | שָׁתָה |
[Verb] to imbibe (literally or figuratively). |
but the city | H5892 | עִיר |
[Noun Masculine] From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
Shushan | H7800 | שׁוּשַׁן |
[Proper Name Location] {Shushan} a place in Persia |
was perplexed | H943 | בּוּךְ |
[Verb] to involve (literally or figuratively) |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.