Bible Verse Dictionary
Esther 5:2 - Favour
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And it was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
so when the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
saw | H7200 | רָאָה |
[Verb] to {see} literally or figuratively (in numerous {applications} direct and {implied} {transitively} intransitively and causatively) |
Esther | H635 | אֶסְתֵּר |
[Proper Name Feminine] {Ester} the Jewish heroine |
the queen | H4436 | מַלְכָּה |
[Noun Feminine] a queen |
standing | H5975 | עָמַד |
[Verb] to {stand} in various relations (literally and {figuratively} intransitively and transitively) |
in the court | H2691 | חָצֵר |
[Noun Masculine] a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls) |
that | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
she obtained | H5375 | נָשָׂא |
[Verb] to {lift} in a great variety of {applications} literally and {figuratively} absolutely and relatively |
favour | H2580 | חֵן |
[Noun Masculine] {graciousness} that {is} subjectively ({kindness } favor) or objectively (beauty) |
in his sight | H5869 | עַיִן |
[Noun] an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
and the king | H4428 | מֶלֶךְ |
[Noun Masculine] a king |
held out | H3447 | יָשַׁט |
[Verb] to extend |
to Esther | H635 | אֶסְתֵּר |
[Proper Name Feminine] {Ester} the Jewish heroine |
the golden | H2091 | זָהָב |
[Noun Masculine] gold; figuratively something gold colored (that {is} {yellow }) as {oil} a clear sky |
sceptre | H8275 | שַׁרְבִיט |
[Noun Masculine] a rod of empire |
that | H834 | אֲשֶׁר |
{who} which: {what} that; also (as adverb and conjunction) {when} where: {how} because: in order {that} etc. |
was | H1961 | הָיָה |
[Verb] to {exist} that {is} be or {become} come to pass (always {emphatic} and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
in his hand | H3027 | יָד |
[Noun Feminine] a hand (the open one (indicating {power} means: {direction} {etc.}) in distinction from {H3709 } the closed one); used (as {noun} {adverb} etc.) in a great variety of {applications} both literally and {figuratively} both proximate and remote |
So Esther | H635 | אֶסְתֵּר |
[Proper Name Feminine] {Ester} the Jewish heroine |
drew near | H7126 | קָרַב |
[Verb] to approach (causatively bring near) for whatever purpose |
and touched | H5060 | נָגַע |
[Verb] properly to {touch} that {is} lay the hand upon (for any purpose; {euphemistically} to lie with a woman); by implication to reach (figuratively to {arrive} acquire); {violently} to strike ({punish} {defeat} {destroy} etc.) |
the top | H7218 | רֹאשׁ |
[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.) |
of the sceptre | H8275 | שַׁרְבִיט |
[Noun Masculine] a rod of empire |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.